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For Ronan Morganschild, only son of the Landsholder of Marridail, the day of his homecoming should have been the happiest of his life. After four years away at school, he had returned to his father's homestead. Soon, on his seventeenth birthday, he would be officially proclaimed as Morgan's heir. But Ronan was troubled. Something had happened to the Marridail of his childhood. Why was everyone so fearful? Was his father really the tyrant that whispered accusations suggested? And what was the truth behind Morgan's quarrel with the mysterious man they called The Warrigal? Ignoring the warnings of those closest to him, Ronan, aided by his childhood friend, Karri, began to search for answers. It was a quest that would drag them both into a dangerous web of vengeance and deception - to a secret that should never have been kept . . . First published 1992 by Walter McVitty Books E-mail books@lothian.com.au REVIEWS The author avoids succumbing to over-description; her economic prose
vividly evokes a dark, harsh place where malevolence does not surprise. The plot
branches out in several directions to embroil the characters of the three discrete
settings in the conflict to which the novel inexorably heads for a stunning climax.
Read either literally as an exciting story of self-discovery or as the many-faceted
allegory it is, The warrigal will impress all readers. Highly recommended:
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