In thirteenth century Cornwall, young Megge has just come of age to be apprenticed to her mother, the healer of Bury Down. But first, she must accept and vow to protect The Book of Seasons, an ancient tome that holds life-sustaining power harnessed centuries earlier by Murga, the first seer of Bury Down.
At her vowtaking ceremony, yearning to accept her inheritance and take her place among her family's long line of healers and seers, Megge reaches for the book. When she touches it, she feels something writhe within it and becomes convinced that the book is cursed and that she too will be cursed if she accepts it.
Despite her mother's pleas to protect the book from the one who would usurp its power, Megge refuses to even look at it. But when a Blackfriar abbot arrives in the village claiming to be under orders to root out heretics, and imprisons the healer for refusing to turn over her "demon's book," will Megge finally summon the courage to take that vow?
2021 FINALISTS - BILL FISHER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST BOOK: FICTION
See below for the list of 2021 finalists in the BILL FISHER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST BOOK: FICTION category, for books with a copyright date of 2020. Register to attend the virtual award ceremony (May 11-14, 2021) to learn which book wins Gold.
Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
2021 Finalist
Author: Rebecca Kightlinger
Publisher: Rowan Moon
ISBN: 978-1-7343168-0-3
In medieval Cornwall, young Megge has come of age to be apprenticed to the healer of Bury Down. But first, she must summon the courage to accept and vow to protect The Book of Seasons, which holds life-sustaining power harnessed centuries earlier by Murga, the first seer of Bury Down.
2021 FINALISTS - AUDIOBOOK: FICTION
See below for the list of 2021 finalists in the AUDIOBOOK: FICTION category, for books with a copyright date of 2020. Register to attend the virtual award ceremony (May 11-14, 2021) to learn which book wins Gold.
Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
2021 Finalist
Authors: Rebecca Kightlinger, narrated by Jan Cramer
Publisher: Rowan Moon
ASIN: B07K7X6V2H
In medieval Cornwall, young Megge has come of age to be apprenticed to the healer of Bury Down. But first, she must summon the courage to accept and vow to protect The Book of Seasons, which holds life-sustaining power harnessed centuries earlier by Murga, the first seer of Bury Down.
