It is 1092 and Lassair is still learning to be a healer, but she has now
become apprenticed to Gurdyman, a wizard. She no longer lives in the
fens, but is at Gurdyman's house in Cambridge. Recently she has been
having dreams in which a voice calls out to her.
When she finds
out that a nun has been murdered at Chatteris Abbey, where her sister is
a nun, she feels that it is her sister who has been calling her. She
sets out for the abbey, but just as she is about to enter, Hrype stops
her. They disguise themselves, fearing the new priest at the abbey, and
hoping to find her sister well.
They find out that it is a
novice that has been murdered. Later, Lassair finds that the new
priest, Father Clement, possesses a very powerful and dangerous mind.
Shortly
after returning to Cambridge, Lassair and Gurdyman are by the quay when
a boat comes in dragging a body. The sheriff assigns Gurdyman the task
of determining the cause of death. They find that he had been poisoned
as part of a sacrifice. Hrype brings them news that the nun had died
in a similar fashion.
While Lassair goes on a quest of her own,
called by voices in her head, Hrype consults his runes and comes to a
conclusion as to who the murderer is. Now he and Gurdyman must prove
it.
Author Alys Clare has written an historical novel rife with magic and danger. A good, quick read.
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