Sarabande's Journey
The shocking fantasy adventure novel you won't want to miss...
released in August from Vanilla Heart Publishing
When it comes to fantasy, my influences are The Once and Future King, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Where to find Sarabande:
Kindle
Interview About the Novel
Author Pat Bertram interviews me in Angie's Diary about "Sarabande," and my approaches to writing. Click on the graphic below to read the interview.
Torment is not something one wants to live with for long. "Sarabande" follows the story of the titular character as she copes with calls from beyond the grave from her dead sister Dryad, as she travels the American west and Midwest to find the truth behind her voices, to either return her sister to life, or to take her place in the beyond. An original work of contemporary fantasy with plenty of original ideas, "Sarabande" is an excellent choice that is very much worth considering for any modern fantasy fan.
- Midwest Book Review
Yes, Goddess of the Night, she thought as she ate a handful of roughly ground flax seeds from her leather pouch, the moons are cyles of rebirth--even for creatures of the sun. Sarabande meditated on the flax seeds and the potentials of flax seeds from the center of her compact circle while sipping the nettle and stonewort tea she brewed in a tiny kettle over a tiny fire. She placed the sacred objects: to the east for air, a hawk owl feather; to the south for fire, a drum; to the west for earth, a red and yellow rattle; to the north for water, the flow of the glacier in a copper cup. She traced her name in blood on a shard of bloodstone, then sheltered it within the cat's cradle of her hands.
Though she waved the feather, banged the drum, shook the rattle, and drank the water, her visions were of death rather than life.
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