The Haunting of Wounded Birds

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>How far would you go to right a wrong?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>For years the villagers of Combe Hurst have celebrated Gala Day. A chance to feast to remember and to thank the land and the forest for their blessings.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>The death of his mother brings Jack 'Jackdaw' Dawtrey here to live with a half-sister he never knew existed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>The life he thought he had is stolen leaving him adrift and confused in a rural village where there are crows in the trees willow poppets in the woods and a sinister structure on the hill. It's a place where he feels like he doesn't belong.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>But when he discovers an old journal under the floorboards of his room he has something no one can take away.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>As he struggles to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic words on the pages he's drawn further into the life of a boy who lived over two hundred years ago. A boy whose family dealt in death. A boy whose name is still whispered as lanterns are lit to repel the darkness.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>As Gala Day approaches and with it the strange customs the village holds close Jackdaw is caught up in a terrible ritual that has its roots steeped firmly in the past a ritual that threatens to devour him whole.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>The Haunting of Wounded Birds</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)> is a poignant coming-of-age folk horror highlighting superstitious fear the reprehensible power of the privileged and the enduring bond of friendship.</span></p>