Terry Madden

Our world and the Five Quarters are shadows of one another, joined by death and three wells of the sea. . .When Nechtan, warrior king of the Five Quarters is murdered, he leaves his land on the brink of civil war. His closest adviser, the druid Lyleth, has a price on her head and the evidence to condemn the real killer. Seeking to unify the land, she strikes a bargain with her green gods and weaves a forgotten spell to summon her king from the land of the dead.Hugh Cavendish is torn from his life as a high school English teacher and pitched back into the turmoil of his previous life as king Nechtan. If he and Lyleth fail to regain his throne and prevent civil war, the ice-born reaver known as the Bear waits to snatch up the scraps of the kingdom. As Hugh clings to life in our world, in the other he must face the rebellion as well as the Bear. If he lets go of life in either world he will lose not only his kingdom but the woman he loves.fantasy adventure, dark fantasy, druids, Celtic fantasy, Celtic magic, heroic, cross-world, adult fantasy, portal fantasy, medieval fantasy, mythic fantasy, grimdark

Book One

Three Wells of the Sea

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Robert Silverberg

Megan E. O'Keefe

Mike Resnick

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Michael Talbot

Sarah Webb

Randy Henderson

Leena Likitalo

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Stephen Hickman

C. Stuart Hardwick

Kirbi Fagan

Timothy Jordan

Liz Colter

Val Lindahn

Amanda E. Forrest

Anaea Lay

K. C. Norton

Shauna O'Meara

Paul Eckheart

Oleg Kazantsev

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Adam Brewster

Bernardo Mota

Cassandre Bolan

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Our world and the Five Quarters are shadows of one another, joined by death and three wells of the sea. . . When Nechtan, warrior king of the Five Quarters is murdered, he leaves his land on the brink of civil war. His closest adviser, the druid Lyleth, has a price on her head and the evidence to condemn the real killer. Seeking to unify the land, she strikes a bargain with her green gods and weaves a forgotten spell to summon her king from the land of the dead. Hugh Cavendish is torn from his life as a high school English teacher and pitched back into the turmoil of his previous life as king Nechtan. If he and Lyleth fail to regain his throne and prevent civil war, the ice-born reaver known as the Bear waits to snatch up the scraps of the kingdom. As Hugh clings to life in our world, in the other he must face the rebellion as well as the Bear. If he lets go of life in either world he will lose not only his kingdom but the woman he loves.

Uttering a forgotten spell of the Old Blood, a druid resurrects her murdered king. But can he reclaim his throne before Death reclaims him? When English teacher Hugh Cavendish is summoned back across the well between worlds, he finds his killer on his throne and invaders at his shore. He was a failure as king in his last life, why does his druid think he can change things now? But this world holds everything he has longed for--vengeance, love, and a second chance. He is bound to this land by blood magic and something far stronger. But he wasn't the only one who crossed the well. Someone has followed him here and they are set on taking him back. For readers of Celtic fantasy in the tradition of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Tad Williams. "For fans of the dual worlds of Stephen R. Donaldson's The Land and Stephen King's The Talisman . . ." -Rusty Clark

Three Wells Series Book 1

Terry Madden

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