Ginny and Manus are
not new characters to most of my readers. They first appeared in
"The Bargain," the leading short story in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword
and Sorceress 14. Marion was in many ways, my literary mother,
and she seemed to adore their adventures because she bought two more for Sword
and Sorceress and one for the magazine. In some ways, it was writing
for the Sword and Sorceress series that gave birth to these two.
Marion was always looking for interesting characters, as well as women
who could stand on their own two feet, so I tried to write a tale in which a
woman who just wants a little peace and quiet finds her life constantly
interrupted by the machinations of a spirit who happens to also have been her
mentor in life. The problem was that the spirit had gotten himself into a
bit of a pickle by making a bargain with a creature of the shadow worlds, and
while Ginny could have let him pay the price (it would certainly have gotten
him out of her hair), she knew that she owed him for setting her free of her
own life.
Laura J. Underwood
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Eggplant Literary Productions, Inc.
Date of Publication: 10/28/2013
ISBN: 978-1-932207-47-7
Kindle 978-1-932207-48-4
ASIN:
Word Count: 22,000
Cover Artist: Roan Carter
Book Description:
Ginny Ni’Cooley just wants a peaceful, quiet life. But quiet is hard to maintain when one’s mentor is a ghost who died a lush and a lech. And peace isn’t to be found when the locals expect their local mageborn to banish monsters and help infertile couples conceive.
It’s that last bit that is posing the most trouble for Ginny of late. Marman the pig-herder--once an unwelcome suitor--now wants Ginny to help him and his wife conceive, and doesn’t believe her when she says it’s beyond her powers.
When the couple try to solve their problem on their own, they manage to unleash a demon imprisoned years ago. Now, their actions have placed all of Connorscroft in danger and no matter how much peace and quiet Ginny wants, she’s got to find a way to defeat the demon before it destroys her village, the villagers and makes good on its threat to kill her.
About the Author:
Laura J. Underwood has been writing and publishing as far back as she can remember. Her earliest stories were selected by Marion Zimmer Bradley for the SWORD AND SORCERESS anthologies, and her first novel ARD MAGISTER came out in 2002 from Yard Dog Press. Since then she has seen the publication of nearly 300 short stories, novels, novellas and other stuff. She currently lives in East Tennessee where she works as a librarian.
Facebook: Laura Jean Underwood
Livejournal: http://laurajunderwood.livejournal.com/
Website: http://www.sff.net/people/keltora
2 comments:
Thank you for hosting us on THE HAG OF THE WIND's release day!
Hello, and thank you for allowing my latest book, THE HAG OF THE WIND, to be here.
Laura J. Underwood
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