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The Celdan Heresies - (The Reaching Man) by Megan Carnes (Paperback)
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Highlights
- When young Gaelle defies Imperial Law by refusing to kill the horse that threw her father to his death, as well as the Law that decrees the horse's owner, Wilm, be beaten senseless, she and her aunt Jillian are destined to pay a heavy toll for Gaelle's disobedience.
- Author(s): Megan Carnes
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
- Series Name: The Reaching Man
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After defying Imperial Law, young Gaelle's disobedience burdens her and Aunt Jillian with a heavy toll, until Gaelle ignites a rebellion of heretics against the dark, militarized church after the discovery of a religion based in light.
Book Synopsis
When young Gaelle defies Imperial Law by refusing to kill the horse that threw her father to his death, as well as the Law that decrees the horse's owner, Wilm, be beaten senseless, she and her aunt Jillian are destined to pay a heavy toll for Gaelle's disobedience. But in this medieval fantasy-the first in The Reaching Man Series-Gaelle ignites a rebellion of heretics who rise against the dark, militarized church after their discovery of a religion based in light.
Review Quotes
The Celdan Heresies has distinctive lyricism and pungency -- two effects Carnes has fused uncannily. The world is persuasive, a sort of parable of almost any place at almost any time, with its fractious divisions and arcana. It is impressive how well Carnes keeps sensory data textured and live with the consistent compression and attentiveness of her language.
-Marilynne Robinson, author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gilead
An epic adventure filled with magic, intrigue and the power of rebellion...experience the power of storytelling at its finest.
-Suzie Housley, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
A deeply imagined fable of faith and revolt.
-KIRKUS REVIEWS
Megan Carnes has written a work of startling imagination. Here is a world, both strange and deadly, that feels at once feudal and extremely current. Along the way, Carnes acquaints us with heretics, horse smugglers, poisoners, and church thieves. These medieval people are criminals. They are also wonderful company. Grab this book now. You won't put it down.
-ANNIE DILLARD, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, and others
This is an extraordinary, well, epic I think I'd call it. I'm in awe of Megan Carnes's imagination. I love how, as I read, I kept thinking about authors like Milton, Thomas Mann, Dante, and also my favorite theologians. I love the milieu of it all.
-PAUL HARDING, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, and others
To call Megan Carnes's beautiful novel a work of fantasy is to ignore the immersive and unsettling realism with which she depicts a world we have never seen but still understand. Gaelle is a wonderful heroine, at once frightened and steadfast.
-FRED MILLER ROBINSON, former editor of The Massachusetts Review and author of The Man in the Bowler Hat: His History and Iconography, and others
I thoroughly enjoyed stepping into the world Megan Carnes has created, where power, resistance, magic, and truth overlap and collide. I'm excited to travel back to Celd when the next installment is released.
-AMY C. WANINGER, author of Network Beyond Bias: Making Diversity a Competitive Advantage for Your Career