The Barrowlance chronicles: blessing for the dammed.
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Last published Tue, Aug 18, 2015
'strange things lie where men dare not tread in the land of Barrowlance.'
Or at least, that's the tale parents tell their children to stop them straying from the paths.
But what if this legend is not so much folk lore as reality? What if the echoes of Barrowlance's violent past haunt the woods and marshes people are still afraid to cross? What if their irrational fear isn't so misled?
Luarreana Myrtle, a young citizen of Ansltow, is about to find out.
When a fatal disease puts her life on a clock, an annual competition to span the country appears her only salvation.
a perilous contest. a broken rule. a deadly mistake.
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