Description
I write the kind of book I want to read myself. I write about history as a way to better understand my own times. I write about people who are far better, and (I hope) far worse than myself. And beautiful objects inspire me: the hand-carved combs, skilfully wrought swords, and gemmed goblets of the world of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga . Almost everything interests me;I've studied Anglo-Saxon and Norse runes, and learnt to spin with a drop spindle. My path has led to extensive on-site research in England, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Gotland - some of the most wonderful places on Earth. My other works include the novella The Tale of Melkorka , based on a story from the Icelandic Sagas, Ride: A Novella , a retelling of the story of Lady Godiva, and Light, Descending , a biographical novel about the great John Ruskin. I've been the fortunate recipient of fellowships at the Ingmar Bergman Estate on Fårö; MacDowell Colony; Ledig House International; and Byrdcliffe.Hearing from readers is a special pleasure and I always answer my letters. So write to me! octavia.net is my website. Author photo by Barbara Simundza
Features & Highlights
- The Lady of the Forest, Freyja, the Goddess of all woodland beasts, appears here on Midgard as a white hind. So great is her love for her deer that she herself comes in their guise. None has ever seen her; but if she permitted man but a glance, that is what they would see…
- Tindr is handsome, kind, and the best hunter on 9th century Gotland. He possesses a deep empathy with animals, which powers his reverence towards the game he takes to survive. But he is also deaf, which closes him off from the society that surrounds him – and seemingly, from finding love.Devoted parents and friends can’t protect young Tindr from the bully who taunts him, from jealousy that turns murderous, or from the threat of surrender to the allure of the Lady of the Forest, who might destroy him.Tindr’s haven is the greenwood. It is home not only to the rabbits he snares, and the stags and boar he takes with bow and arrow, but to a rare creature of unusual beauty, a source of deepening fascination and wonder in Tindr’s life.His silent world alters dramatically at the arrival of two strangers on the island – the Welsh-Saxon Ceridwen, and the Danish warrior Sidroc. He finds a new and fulfilling life with them at Tyrsborg. But will he ever find a woman to love him?
- Tindr
- tells the story of this strange and haunting young hunter, living amidst a landscape of wild, wind-swept island beauty.Tindr’s magic woods await you…
