Synopses & Reviews
The beautiful maiden Jewel is the center of her parent's joy. She is the embodiment of their true love and she has grown up surrounded by peace and love in abundance.
Jewel's world cruelly shatters when her parents are suddenly killed and she and her uncle Eoin are forced to flee. Leaving the only home she has ever known, Jewel learns that her parents, caught in a tangle of a tragic prophecy, had hidden in the marshland for years to protect the secret knowledge that Jewel is the last of the line of the Janus Jaravhor, the dreaded sorcerer of Strang. That she might be the one person in the world who could unlock the mysterious Dome that is told to hold all of Janus's secrets. And that King Maolmordha now knows of her existence and will stop at nothing to find her.
Pain and loss follow and Jewel must make her way alone. Rescued by a traveling band of Weathermasters, exalted magicians who control the heavens for the rich and powerful, she is taken to High Darioneth and is accepted into this tightly knit community.
And not just accepted, but loved, for one of the young weathermasters beheld her and his heart was lost.
Jewel is left with the promise of true love and a powerful secret. But which path will she choose--and who will suffer if she makes the wrong choice?
Review
"A tale of love won and lost, of fate and free will, of prophecy and peril." Library Journal
Review
"[The Well of Tears] is not only an action-packed adventure but also a hero's journey."
VOYA
Review
"Dart-Thornton has crafted an impressive start to an epic journey down the corridors of myth and legend"--
Romantic Times BookClub Magazine on
The Iron Tree"Dart-Thornton conjures up her world or Tir and its rituals and beliefs in the luminous yet hard-edged manner of Jack Vance or Mary Gentle."--The Washington Post on The Iron Tree
"Dart-Thornton creates a cast of memorable characters, who reside in a vividly described world deeply rooted in British faerie lore. It is not only an action-packed adventure but also a hero's journey."--VOYA on The Well of Tears
"A tale of love won and lost, of fate and free will, of prophecy and peril."--Library Journal on The Well of Tears
Synopsis
Her world shattered by the untimely deaths of her parents, Jewel learns that she is the last surviving member of a family line containing a mystical power sought by the evil King Uabhar, a situation for which she takes refuge with a traveling band of kind magicians, one of whom sets out to win her love. Reprint.
About the Author
Cecilia Dart-Thornton's interests include playing music, oil painting, graphic design, photography, and clay sculpture. She lives in Australia.