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Fourteen-year-old Bryanna McConnaichie, while riding
a bus home, receives a cryptic warning from a strange woman with webbed hands, “Your
father’s time is running out.” She doesn’t understand why her father, cryptozoologist
Angus McConnaichie, should be in danger until he’s kidnapped by another strange
woman right before her eyes. In her quest to rescue him, Bryanna finds herself
moving between Scotland and Alba, and encountering strange creatures that,
until that time, she had thought to be mere figments of her active imagination.
During her search, she learns that her father is the Guardian protecting
Scotland and the ‘other’ worlds from all manner of evil, and that she’s a
half-blood with magical powers. She encounters Kaylee, another half-blood, who
might be a friend – but, who also might be a deadly enemy.
In Scotland’s
Guardian, by German writer Katherina Gerlach, you’ll find non-stop action
from page one, written in an engaging and entertaining manner that will keep
you on the edge of our chair. Gerlach brings creatures from Scotland’s rich
history of mythology to life in a way that makes you believe in them. Her
characters are believable, and, even the bad guys elicit sympathy.
A crisp tale, told in Gerlach’s unique style, this
is a definite must-read for anyone interested in fantasy and myth. In fact, it
just might be the book to interest those who’ve never read a fantasy novel
before.
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