In this late age, seasons have lost their steady cadence, and the Pomegranate Moon rises over the Mountain.
In the Season of Shadows, a silver light is cast by a moon crowned with an ominous rainbow mist-the Pomegranate Moon. A small, fearful village crouches below, hidden in the shadow of a forbidden sacred mountain rumored to be the gate to Faerie.
Out of the darkness emerges Elsinore-a dancer in a brightly colored dress and rainbow shawls. While she drums a hypnotic beat and dances with floating flames, the townsfolk watch and wonder over her origin and identity-mysteries Elsinore herself seeks the key to.
A hallowed priestess and sorceress, Elsinore has spent a lifetime embracing the woman she has always known herself to be. But deep within, the painful enigma of her youth keeps her shackled to the past, haunted by guilt and grief. Disregarding the whispers and ancient warnings, Elsinore descends into the heart of the Mountain, seeking the final truths of her identity.
Will Elsinore uncover what she needs to become whole, or will she lose herself to the Mountain?
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: The Dancer 1
Chapter 2: The Boy in the Library 13
Chapter 3: Reminiscence 25
Chapter 4: Crossing Over 46
Chapter 5: The Valley of the Mounds 56
Chapter 6: The Ploutonion 77
Chapter 7: The Kur 87
Chapter 8: The Changeling 97
Chapter 9: The Temple of the Goddess 115
Chapter 10: The Dream 129
Chapter 11: The Day of Blood 143
Chapter 12: Returning Home 166
Chapter 13: The Market 178
Chapter 14: The Catacombs 202
Chapter 15: The Empty City 223
Chapter 16: The Ganzir 248
Chapter 17: The Girl and the Boy 272
Chapter 18: The Letter, the Book, and the Doll 287
Acknowledgments 299
Appendix: Sources and Influences 301
Bibliography 317
About the Author 319