Blackbird Rising

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)><em>A modern fantasy novel inspired by the King Arthur legend...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>For hundreds of years the Witch King's sword has been buried in stone awaiting the next hand to draw it.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Many have tried. None have succeeded.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Gwen is the last in a long line of De Montfort witches whose duty it is to protect the sword of all power. But when she returns to King Island to perform the blessing a mysterious pulse of blue light tells her that someone has attempted to draw the sword. Before she can investigate any further demons attack. She only survives with the help of a mysterious stranger who disappears as quickly as he appears. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Gwen and her grandmother Moscelyne soon discover that minor gateways into Darkside-the traditional home of both demons and dark elves-are being forced open by magic. Even worse someone is now sending demons after the Witch King's heirs.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>As vital artifacts are stolen by Darkside and the deaths draw altogether too close to home Gwen and Mo-with the help of old gods and an ancient order of knights once thought dead-scramble to unravel the clues and stop the murderous would-be king from claiming the crown.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>If they fail and the wrong hand draws the sword of power he can unlock the main gateway into Darkside and unleash utter hell onto an unsuspecting and unprepared England....</span></p><p><br></p>