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Fiction

Adventures by Leaf Light and other stories

Eighteen beautiful, insightful, moral, magical stories for children with Imagination — and their parents. Many have never been published before, and will be a treat for all fans of Moyra Caldecott.

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The Eye of Callanish

The Eye of Callanish is set at the beginning of the twelfth century on the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. It tells the story of a young girl, Mairi, who is persecuted for being in league with the Devil. She believes that she is able to communicate [...]

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Weapons of the Wolfhound

The Weapons of the Wolfhound was Moyra’s first published book. It was written for teenagers, and was so popular that a sequel was commissioned by the publisher, called The Eye of Calanish.
The Weapons of the Wolfhound contrasts the two major influences on a boy just entering his teens. Neil lives on a farm on the [...]

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The Green Lady and the King of Shadows

Drawing on folklore, myth and legend, Moyra Caldecott tells the story of the struggle between good and evil, St. Collen and the mighty Gwyn ap Nudd, a confrontation involving the Earth Goddess and, ultimately, the highest powers in the universe.
From the Introduction:
I believe that myths and legends, while appearing to be pure fabrication hallowed by [...]

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The Waters of Sul

It is 72 AD, and most of Britain is under Roman domination. At Aquae Sulis, a place of pilgrimage and healing, hot waters gush ceaselessly from the earth. Since ancient times the waters have been associated with the supernatural, and are under the protection of the Celtic Goddess Sul. The Romans have renamed her Sulis [...]

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Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra

Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra is part of the ‘Egyptian’ sequence, which also includes Akhenaten: Son of the Sun and Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun. Chronologically, Hatshepsut: Daughter of Ra is the last book of the sequence.
From the blurb on the Arrow edition:
Ankhesenamun has never been safe in all her short life – not even [...]

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Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun

Ancient Egypt 3500 years ago – a land ruled by the all-powerful female king, Hatshepsut. Ambitious, ruthless and worldly: a woman who established Amun as the chief god of Egypt, bestowing his Priesthood with unprecedented riches and power.
But how secure is Hatshepsut’s power against the claims of the man whose throne she has usurped? And [...]

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Akhenaten: Son of the Sun

I tell you this three millennia
after these events took place.
Mark them well.
They did not end with my death,
and they will not end with yours.
In ancient Egypt during the magnificent eighteenth dynasty the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen, the strong and beautiful Nefertiti, are engaged in a dramatic battle against the wealthy, corrupt and dangerously powerful [...]

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Etheldreda

The story of Etheldreda, Princess of East Anglia, Queen of Northumbria, Saint of Ely : Born AD 630, Died AD 679.
From the blurb:
“Etheldreda, Princess of East Anglia, Queen of Northumbria and Abbess of Ely, was a remarkable woman who lived in restless, violent times not unlike our own, when old beliefs were dying and new [...]

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The Tower and the Emerald

Set in a legendary Britain of long ago, The Tower and the Emerald is an epic fantasy of good and evil, magic and mystery.
Viviane is a beautiful Celtic princess who stands at the heart of the novel’s conflict between the powers of Light and Darkness. And she unwittingly unravels the spell that binds the spirit [...]

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Child of the Dark Star

A gripping story of one man’s fight to free his mind from the conditioning of a restrictive and powerful system.
A science fantasy novel set on an alien planet where the astrologers have created an oppressive caste system, and mysterious hidden rulers act through a malevolent crystal skull.
“There was a planet once called Earth. Its people, [...]

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The Silver Vortex

A sequel to the hugely successful “Guardians of the Tall Stones” series.
From beyond time and space they come to walk the earth once more – the guardians of the tall stones, the Lords of the Sun…
Deva is the beautiful and headstrong daughter of the High Priest of the greatest of the mighty stone circles. She [...]

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The Lily and the Bull

The Lily And the Bull is a compelling re-creation of life in Minoan Crete – a world of magic and mystery, ritual and superstition, where past and present intersect, the forces of good and evil clash, and everyday life is charged with the supernatural…
Ierii, the daughter of the chief gardener at the palace, is in [...]

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Guardians of the Tall Stones

Guardians of the Tall Stones was originally published as three separate novels: The Tall Stones, The Temple of the Sun and Shadow on the Stones.
The Tall Stones
(first published in Great Britain by Rex Collings Ltd, 1977)
This book has been called “one of the great esoteric novels of the 20th century”, and has been continuously in [...]

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The Winged Man

To this day, throughout the ancient city of Bath, there exist statues and images of the man who was the legendary founder of the city, and the father of King Lear. A leper and a swineherd… a necromancer and a wise king… his memory lives on.
Restless at the royal court, the young Prince Bladud sets [...]

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Fiction

Adventures by Leaf Light and other stories

The Eye of Callanish

Weapons of the Wolfhound

The Green Lady and the King of Shadows

The Waters of Sul

Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra

Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun

Akhenaten: Son of the Sun

Etheldreda

The Tower and the Emerald

Child of the Dark Star

The Silver Vortex

The Lily and the Bull

Guardians of the Tall Stones

The Winged Man

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