Druid's Sword
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STONE DANCES, THE: the ancient circles of standing stones which dot the British Isles.
SIDLESAGHES: ancient magical creatures of the land who often take the form of standing stones within the STONE DANCES.
SILVIUS: father to BRUTUS, murdered by BRUTUS in the forests outside Alba in Italy almost three thousand years ago. (See also MAKRIS, SILVIUS.)
THORNTON, REVEREND JOHN: see GEORGE VI.
TROY: the fabulous city of Troy sat on the western shores of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, stole away Helen from her husband, Menelaus, King of Sparta, precipitating the Trojan War in which the city-states of Greece united against Troy. Although it survived a long Greek siege, Troy was eventually destroyed due to a combination of hubris, the betrayal of the gods, and Greek cunning. Those Trojans who survived the destruction were scattered about the lands of the Mediterranean, either as refugees or slaves.
TROY GAME, THE: the ancient protective sorcery which draws on the power of the ancient labyrinth in order to protect a city. In Hades’ Daughter Brutus and Genvissa constructed the Game, but were unable to complete it when CORNELIA murdered Genvissa. Now the Game has taken on a life and power of its own, and wishes only to be completed by the KINGMAN and the MISTRESS OF THE LABYRINTH.
VEILED HILLS, the: the six sacred hills of LLANGARLIA, clustered above the Thames River in the area now known as London. The six hills were: Tot Hill (where now stands Westminster); the Llandin, the most sacred of the hills (now called Parliament Hill); PEN HILL; Og’s Hill (Ludgate Hill); Mag’s Hill (Cornhill); and the White Mount (Tower Hill).
VERULAMIUM: the Roman name for St Albans.
WENTWORTH, STELLA: once Genvissa, who started the TROY GAME with BRUTUS, Stella is now the CAROLLER (she who sings in the dawn and the dusk in THE FAERIE), and lives as the LORD OF THE FAERIE’S lover.
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About the Author
Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history, Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo, until 2000.
Sara’s first novel, BattleAxe, was published in 1995 and she has been writing and publishing ever since. Three of her novels are winners of the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy.
Sara now lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
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BattleAxe (1)
Enchanter (2)
StarMan (3)
Threshold
Beyond the Hanging Wall
THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION
Sinner (1)
Pilgrim (2)
Crusader (3)
THE CRUCIBLE
The Nameless Day (1)
The Wounded Hawk (2)
The Crippled Angel (3)
THE TROY GAME
Hades’ Daughter (1)
God’s Concubine (2)
Darkwitch Rising (3)
Druid’s Sword (4)
DARKGLASS MOUNTAIN
The Serpent Bride (1)
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Table of Contents
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS BOOK
Prologue
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
BOOKS BY SARA DOUGLASS