Summer Country
Summer Country by James A. Hetley, published by Ace Books in 2002, is a fantasy novel that explores the life of Maureen Pierce, who works the night shift at a convenience store while grappling with her unique ability to communicate with trees. As she navigates her unconventional existence, Maureen confronts the unsettling truth about her identity during a challenging journey home through a winter storm. This revelation leads her into a world steeped in ancient myth, where she must reconcile her heritage with the realities of a realm that is both enchanting and perilous.
In this narrative, readers will encounter a blend of modern life and Celtic mythology, as Maureen’s bloodline draws her into the Summer Country, a place ruled by power and ancient beings. The story intertwines her fate with that of her sister Jo, Jo’s lover David, and the enigmatic knight Brian Albion, all while facing the treacherous schemes of characters like beast-master Dougal and dark witch Fiona. With 370 pages of intricate storytelling, Summer Country delves into themes of identity, power, and the struggle between one’s past and potential future, inviting readers to explore a richly imagined world where the lines between human and myth blur.
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Maureen Pierce works the night shift in a convenience store, carries a .38 Smith & Wesson in her pocket, and talks to trees. She knows enough clinical psychology to think that when the trees answer, it proves she’s crazy. She can live with that.She manages to get by in a world where she doesn’t really fit, until the truth reaches out to touch her as she slogs home through the slushy midnight sidewalks of a February sleet storm. That truth offers a seductive promise of warmth and sun, green growing things and trees that really do answer when she talks to them. It tells her that she isn’t truly human.Now her blood heritage drags her from Maine into ancient myth three steps away from the modern world, with all the claws and teeth and cruelty intact. Camelot is dead. Arthur is dead. Law is dead. Power rules the Summer Country of Celtic myth, behind the Old Blood faces of beast-master Dougal, dark witch Fiona, and her cunning, treacherous twin brother Sean. Their plots entangle and threaten Maureen’s sister Jo, Jo’s human lover David, and Brian Albion — the enigmatic Old Blood knight of the warrior Pendragons, who Maureen trusts about as far as she can throw him.Maureen can become either a slave or a mighty witch, but her own dark past may be her worst enemy.
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