The Owl Killers - Hardcover

Maitland, Karen

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ISBN 10: 0718153200 ISBN 13: 9780718153205

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2009

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England, 1321. Deep in the heart of countryside lies an isolated village governed by a sinister regime of Owl Masters - theirs is a pagan world of terror and blackmail, where neighbour denounces neighbour and sin is punishable by murder.

This dark status quo is disturbed by the arrival of a house of religious women, who establish a community outside the village. Why do their crops succeed when village crops fail; their cattle survive despite the plague? But petty jealousy turns deadly when the women give refuge to a young martyr. For she dies a gruesome death after spitting the sacramental host into flames that can't burn it - what magic is this? Or is the martyr now a saint and the host a holy relic?

Accusations of witchcraft and heresy run rife while the Owl Masters rain down hellfire and torment on the women, who must look to their faith to save them from the lengthening shadow of Evil ... a shadow with predatory, terrifying talons.

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'Irresistible' Sunday Telegraph 'A page-turner' Express 'Engrossing' Daily Mail 'Wonderfully gruesome' Metro 'Gallops along' New Statesman 'Atmospheric tale of treachery and magic' Marie Claire 'Infectious, chilling' Herald 'Captivating, unforgettable, truly compelling' InStyle 'Original, impressive' Bella 'Compelling' Mirror 'Atmospheric and original' Woman and Home

About the Author:

Karen Maitland has a doctorate in psycholinguistics. She has traveled and worked in many parts of the world, from the Arctic Circle to Africa, before finally settling in the medieval city of Lincoln in England. Her British debut novel, The White Room, was short-listed for the Authors' Club of Great Britain Best First Novel Award. The acclaimed author of Company of Liars, she is at work on her next novel.

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