The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series by David Fitz-Gerald @AuthorDAVIDFG @maryanneyarde

 

The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series

By David Fitz-Gerald

Publication Date: 20th January 2021. Publisher: Outskirts Press. Page Length: 171 Pages. Genre: Historical Fiction

Banished by one tribe. Condemned by another. Will an outcast's supernatural strengths be enough to keep him alive?

549 AD. Raised by monks, Conchobar is committed to a life of obedience and peace. But when his fishing vessel is blown off-course, the young man's relief over surviving the sea's storms is swamped by the terrors of harsh new shores. And after capture by violent natives puts him at death's door, he's stunned when he develops strange telepathic abilities.

Learning his new family's language through the mind of his mentor, Conchobar soon falls for the war chief's ferocious daughter. But when she trains him to follow in her path as a fighter, he's horrified when his uncanny misfortune twists reality, causing more disastrous deaths and making him a pariah.

Can Conchobar defeat the darkness painting his steps with blood?

The Curse of Conchobar is the richly detailed prequel to the mystical Adirondack Spirit Series of historical fiction. If you like inspiring heroes, unsettling powers, and lasting legacies, then you'll love David Fitz-Gerald's captivating tale.

Buy The Curse of Conchobar to break free from the fates today!

*Trigger Warnings:

Violence

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 ⭐ = A book in a million.

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend it.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review

The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

I was aware that this book was a prequel when I agreed to read it, and I was slightly apprehensive about that fact. Generally, I have found that prequels are written to provide backstory to the characters in the series, and there are often things that you may not understand if you do not know the characters or if you haven’t read the series.

I am not entirely sure if the characters in this book feature in the rest of the series, as I had a look at the other books and they are both set much later than this one. Nevertheless, I decided to put aside the thought that this was part of a series and read it as if it was a stand-alone book (which I think it might be)!

Conchobar’s life has never been a completely peaceful one, despite living at Skellig Michael among the monks there. His father cursed his mother and her offspring, but since his mother died giving birth to him, Conchobar has had to deal with the curse by himself. His bad luck is proven when a storm sends him away from Skellig Michael on the one day he decided to take out a fishing boat. He finally comes ashore and joins a tribe to live a life, unlike anything he has ever known before. After all, it is difficult to keep one’s thoughts chaste when surrounded by half-naked women.

Conchobar slots into the chief, Spits Teeth’s, family and makes fast friends with some of Spit Teeth’s children. However, when people start dying around Conchobar, it doesn’t matter whether or not Conchobar has been helping the tribe, or whether he fought against his will for the tribe, the blame falls to him. Then again, the manner of some of the deaths could not possibly be natural, and they only happen when he is around. 

Conchobar’s plight and ill fortune made me feel incredibly sorry for him. He did not deserve the treatment that he is given for something he cannot control, and even those who believe he is not at fault can do nothing to help him. The curse is something that Conchobar must fight by himself, and I found myself sat, hoping that everything would sort itself out and that Conchobar could live a semi-normal life. 

This is a wonderful book, and I really enjoyed the supernatural elements mixed in among the history. Even if you have not read the rest of the series, this book makes perfect sense by itself, and I recommend you grab yourself a copy!

You can find this novel at your favourite online bookstore (Universal bookshop Link). 

David Fitz-Gerald writes fiction that is grounded in history and soars with the spirits. Dave enjoys getting lost in the settings he imagines and spending time with the characters he creates. Writing historical fiction is like making paintings of the past. He loves to weave fact and fiction together, stirring in action, adventure, romance, and a heavy dose of the supernatural with the hope of transporting the reader to another time and place. He is an Adirondack 46-er, which means he has hiked all of the highest peaks in New York State, so it should not be surprising when Dave attempts to glorify hikers as swashbuckling superheroes in his writing.

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