Arrows of Mercy

<p>The year is 1348. Haunted by the blood on his hands an archer named Edmund returns home from the French wars to a life of serfdom.</p><p>His brutal elder brother doesn't want a hero of Crécy on his doorstep. The woman he loves yearns for a wider world the ambitious wise-woman challenges him in ways he deplores and an abused servant-girl is a thorn to his flesh. The priest denounces his mercy killings. Yet as the days pass Edmund is impelled to fight for the impossible: love and redemption.</p><p>Then plague arrives in the village and everything changes.</p><p><br></p><p>...MacLean's grasp of the setting is remarkable vividly depicting a place beleaguered by famine disease and armed conflict.</p><p>-Kirkus Reviews</p><p><br></p><p>...Richly imagined and compellingly realized The Arrows of Mercy draws the reader into a story of the past that is imbued with the urgency and immediacy of our own time.</p><p>- Anne Simpson award-winning author of Speechless</p><p><br></p><p>...Gripping immersive and penned with wisdom and a fiery prescience The Arrows of Mercy is a story of human desire that pushes the boundaries of language to make a powerful statement on the passions and impulses that shape morality itself. A story for the ages.</p><p>-Carol Bruneau award-winning author of Brighten the Corner Where You Are</p>