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The Owl Killers
Karen Maitland
Works of: Fiction
1321. Fear is a question of what you believe. And belief could be the death of you.
In the heart of the countryside lies an isolated village, where pagan Owl Masters rule through fear, supersistion and murder.
When a group of religious women ill-advisedly settles outside the vllage, they awaken dangerious jealousies. Why do their crops succeed? How do their cattle survive the plague? Are they concealing a holy relic that protects them from harm?
The Owl Masters cry ‘witchcraft; and sharpen their talons. As torment and hellfire rain down, the women must take a stand to stop this darkness from spreading its evil across the land.
Other Awards
The Owl Killers was shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, 2009, and also selected by the Aercian Library Association as one of the best Historical novels of 2010.
Sub-genres
Other books by Karen Maitland
Rivers of Treason
Traitor in the Ice
The Drowned City
Company of Liars
A Gathering of Ghosts
The Plague Charmer
The Raven’s Head
The Vanishing Witch
Falcons of fire and ice
The Gallows Curse
The Vanishing Witch
Liars and Thieves
The Dangerous Arts of Alchemy
Wicked Children
The Sacred Stone (Medieval Murderers)
Hill of Bones (Medieval Murderers)
The First Murder (Medieval Murderers)
The False Virgin (Medieval Murderers)
The Deadliest Sin (Medieval Murderers)
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