THE LAMMAS WILD
by Alys Clare
The 10th and last in Clare’s riveting Aelf Fen series completes a long and dangerous journey for the determined heroine.
In the summer of 1100, supernaturally talented healer Lassair is returning to England after years spent in Spain learning to harness her formidable powers. She feels a dark cloud hanging over England and, in a vision of the future, sees a man killed in a forest, setting the stage for many hazardous adventures. At first she doesn’t visit her mentor, Gurdyman, or lawman Jack Chevestrier, the man she loves, because she knows she’s being followed by Errita, the murderously jealous daughter of her teacher back in Spain. Instead, she meets with Eleanor de Lacey, who’s part of the king’s spy ring, which was run by Lassair’s late former lover, Rollo Guiscard. Eleanor has a chest full of Rollo’s gold and papers for Lassair, who takes it away and hides the contents in a deserted hut where she takes up secret residence. The next day she finds Eleanor tortured and killed, the first in a chain of murders by someone determined to find the chest. Lassair dares not visit her family with Errita so close on her trail, but she investigates on her own until her inquiries collide with Jack’s in a startling turn of events.
An exciting, mysterious adventure, though newcomers may prefer to start with the first book in this fascinating series.