Demon in the Bones (Ard Magister) - Softcover

Underwood, Laura J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193710592X ISBN 13: 9781937105921

Publisher: Yard Dog Press, 2016

Synopsis

From the day his family joins the caravan, Rhoyd Smytheson knows something is amiss. It isn't the caravan they were supposed to be on, but his adopted father, the mercenary Conor Manahan and his healer wife Eithne thought it was better than nothing. The Caravan Master smells like a rotting turnip all the time. The Captain is an enigma, and even the cook Noreen is hiding some secret. Then there is the dark wagon that rolls along in their midst. It reeks of magic and...something else, and Rhoyd is determined to find out what the wagon is hiding. There are too many mishaps on the road for it to be coincidence; someone among the crew of the caravan has a darker purpose. It is up to the young Ard Magister to discover who and what that purpose is even if it means sacrificing the life he has come to love with his adopted parents, for the powers of darkness will stop at nothing to keep him from attaining his full potential.

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Review:

... Underwood creates a fully realized world full of mystic, heather-scented resonance and characters who step vividly off the page. -- Lynn Flewelling , The Bone Doll's Twin

A fun read. A debut novel by one of fantasy's finest short story writers. Fast-paced adventure! -- Steven Piziks, author of In the Company of Mind

Laura Underwood takes traditional materials and makes them into something wholly fresh and new. -- Teresa Edgerton

About this edition

• Publisher: Yard Dog Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 193710592X
• ISBN 13: 9781937105921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312