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The Druid (The Dawning of Muirwood Book 1) by [Jeff Wheeler]

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An abandoned child becomes a singular inspiration to the mythology of Muirwood in an epic series by Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Muirwood and Kingfountain novels.

Eilean was born a “wretched”—a lowly foundling raised by the Aldermaston of Tintern Abbey. Then she’s chosen to assist in establishing the new abbey of Muirwood, now the site of a castle in the swampy Bearden Muir. Eilean’s role is as night servant to the druid Mordaunt, the king’s exiled advisor—and prisoner. He’s clever, dangerous, and invaluable to the Aldermaston.

Mordaunt’s priceless secret: the hiding place of an ancient tome that reveals the existence of other worlds and the magic between them. Mordaunt knows how potent its words are and how dangerous they could be in the wrong hands. But can Eilean win him over? All she must do is gain Mordaunt’s confidence and trust and persuade the apostate to divulge his secret to her. But as she learns more from Mordaunt, Eilean’s loyalties begin to fray. And the risks are greater than she imagined.

Despite betrayals, deceptions, and the deadly motivations of others, a girl from the flax fields is about to rise above her station. By exploring the potential of the power of an ancient spoken magic, Eilean is coming into her own.

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1 May 2022
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Praise for The Druid

“Wheeler loads his tale with magic, intrigue, and believably conflicted characters. Readers will be impatient to know what happens next.” —Publishers Weekly

“Action and intrigue are Wheeler’s bread and butter, as are stories with the core value of virtue without ambiguity and gratuitous violence, all on display here.” —Booklist

“A superbly crafted novel of magic, fantasy, and mythology.” —Midwest Book Review

Praise for Jeff Wheeler

“Wheeler once again blends exciting confrontations with depth of characterization and superb world building.” —Booklist

“Jeff Wheeler has always been one of our more dependable storytellers. Knight’s Ransom adds to his reputation. A fine page-turner.” —Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author

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In all the years I’ve been working with Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler, he has continually impressed me with his ability to both entice new readers and draw existing fans further in. He writes such compelling characters and gives them such realistic story arcs that it’s easy to forget you’re reading about magic. That’s why I was so excited when he decided to explore the origin myth that launched his fantastical Muirwood universe, beginning an epic prequel series with The Druid.

Eilean is a foundling girl, raised in an abbey and destined to be no more than a servant. But when she is chosen to travel to the site of a new abbey under construction to look after a mysterious prisoner, her fate starts down a new path. The captive, a druid named Mordaunt, is in possession of a powerful secret that could unlock the gate between worlds—and Eilean is about to learn more than she bargained for.

In just a few months, our imprint will be celebrating our ten-year publishing anniversary with Jeff Wheeler, and what better way to mark this incredible milestone? So come right in—there’s lots to explore, and this is the perfect place to start!

—Adrienne Procaccini, Editor

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B099RVT6T1
Publisher ‏ : ‎ 47North (1 May 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5044 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 333 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 6,214 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 66 in Historical Fantasy (Kindle Store)
- 73 in Fantasy Fairy Tales
- 78 in Mythology & Folk Tales

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Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is a husband, father of five, and a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jeff lives in the Rocky Mountains.

To learn more about each of his worlds, his advice for new writers, and which series to start reading first, check out his website! http://www.jeff-wheeler.com/

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Lizg

Not for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2022

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Big mistake choosing this fantasy book. It's not my style and all the invented James for ordinary things are confusing and of no value. I am sure there is an audience for this sort of stuff but I am certainly not a fan. From the start I found it meaningless drivel and could not get beyond d the first few chapters. Life is too short to waste on this.

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JH1

Not bad, but could have been amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2022

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This is going to be such a tough review to do, and a really harsh one. Despite loving the fantasy genre, I tend to dip in and out of it, so I wasn’t familiar with this author. I had, however, heard some really good things about his work, so my expectations were high. I was left feeling frustrated, because although this book wasn’t bad, it could have been amazing and when I say amazing, I mean up there with the authors that immediately spring to mind whenever you say ‘fantasy’. It’s obvious that the author is capable of so much more than you actually get here.

I liked the story idea and the characters are good, with believable strengths and weaknesses, although both idea and characters felt underplayed to me, with many missed opportunities to add depth, detail and interest. Even if I hadn’t known that this was the first book in a series, I would have guessed it, as it felt as though it had fallen into the ‘setting the scene’ trap, which often leaves the reader with a weak initial story, as the author intends for better things to come.

For me, the disappointing thing is that it wouldn’t have taken much for this book, and potentially the series, to be exceptional. As it is, there’s no burning desire to buy the next one, which is such a shame, as there really should be.

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Bollydarling

interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2022

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I think it’s more 3.5 stars. Generally the book is well written, the characters formed and a sense of place created.
I enjoy the age old debate about what makes good and evil and I love the old English stories of Merlin, druids etc. The book isn’t set in England although some English place names are used. There are parallels with Christianity which are not explicit. And some of the made up (‘power’) words are real words. I love a good fantasy and tales of magic but found this mash up gave an overall sense of confusion.
The book is the first of a series so there’s no sense of completion at the end which again leaves one feeling bereft

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CarrieO

Read the earlier Muirwood books first

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2022

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I think I should have read the other Muirwood books before reading this; this is the first of Jeff Wheeler’s books that I’ve read. I think I would have understood some of the terminology a little better. There is a lot of world building in this book, with the most action in the last quarter. The characters are engaging and believable. I enjoyed the story enough to have the next two on preorder, and have bought the other Muirwood books so that, hopefully, I don’t get myself confusticated with the terminology next time.

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Al_ D

Love the Muirwood magic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2022

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Another amazing story. A lot of the work of this author seems to me to sightly repeat the overall plot themes, but it's not necessarily a bad thing it feels more like a 'history repeats itself' or 'we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past that we fail to learn from' kind of thing. Once more this is a story of a wretched of Muirwood who has power and seems to be on a journey to become much more than a wretched. But as with all his books it is the smaller political intrigue and intricacies that draw me in, as well as the amazing characters and their interactions...
So yeah a lot of it felt like whoa I think I know where this is going, but it was also great, like a comfy blanket, and I read it in 2 days and I'm eagerly awaiting the next one.
Also, I think one of the characters is a younger, grumpier Merlin which would be awesome because he's great.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2022

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I was immediately taken with the story as soon as I started reading. I have always liked fantasy novels that are well written and this one is. The characters are well defined and as the story develops the line between right and wrong blurs and shifts as you begin to see more facets of the characters and the struggle between the different factions in the world. Can't wait for the next instalment in September.

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Briar

I am a Druid myself

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2022

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So I know that this book is written by someone who understands the Druid outlook. There are others clues in the story line which show knowledge of other ‘hidden things’ particularly in the names given to people and objects. I enjoyed the writing style and look forward to the next book in the series.

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Alexander Kerr

Hmm!?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2022

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Really enjoyed reading the book but it has no ending?
In my view a truly great book has a beginning a middle and an end this doesn't.
I know it's part of a series of books but if you read a story even though there is more story to come (Wheel of Time) you get an ending?
I'm unsure I want to read the next book in case it does the same soo only 3 stars I'm afraid.
You may feel that it not having a proper ending is not a problem if so give it a go.

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