THE BURY DOWN CHRONICLES
  • The Bury Down Chronicles
    • Story Locations
    • Historical Notes
    • Reference Sources
  • Megge of Bury Down
    • Characters
    • Reviews
  • The Lady of the Cliffs
    • Characters
    • Reviews
  • Literary Awards and Recognition
  • Rowan Moon
    • About the Publisher
  • About the Author
  • Announcements
  • For Booksellers and Librarians
  • Contact
  • order your copy
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​Megge's Story Begins


It is midnight in Bury Down grove, known for a thousand years as the Land of the Second Sight,
and young Megge has just come of age to receive her birthright:
an ancient tome whose encrypted incantations summon the power of Bury Down.
If she accepts, then her mother, the Healer of Bury Down, will teach her to wield power beyond her imaging.
If she refuses, her mother will die by flame, and the power will be lost.
Daunted by the sacred rite but wanting only to take her place as a true woman of Bury Down,
Megge reaches for the book.
But when she touches its wooden cover, a coarse voice whispers, "Murderer."
          
Winner of the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Award for Supernatural Paranormal Fiction
and the 2021 Independent Book Publishers' Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Fiction Audiobook.
Silver award for the IBPA Bill Fisher Prize for Best First Book.
An Independent Press NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Historical Fiction and Cover Design.
 
Longlisted for the 2022 CIBA Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction (Winner TBA May 2023).

"Megge is a protagonist easy to fall in love with, to root for, to worry about, and when dark forces enter her world, Kightlinger’s storytelling abilities shine."
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        ~ David Anthony Durham, author of Pride of Carthage and the Acacia ​trilogy
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FIRST PLACE
2021 Chanticleer International book Award
Supernatural Paranormal fiction
mEGGE OF BURY dOWN


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Independent book publishers Benjamin Franklin Award

Megge of Bury Down

​GOLD

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AUDIOBOOK: FICTION


The Bill Fisher Award for Best First book


​Megge of Bury Down

​SILVER

The independent Press
​New York City Big Book award
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Megge of Bury Down
2020 DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

​HISTORICAL FICTION
and
​COVER DESIGN

The Lady of the Cliffs

2021 DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE


HISTORICAL FICTION

  and
​COVER DESIGN

mom's choice  award 



Megge of Bury Down

​GOLD

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FOR EXCELLENCE IN FAMILY-FRIENDLY MEDIA, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES
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  • The Bury Down Chronicles
    • Story Locations
    • Historical Notes
    • Reference Sources
  • Megge of Bury Down
    • Characters
    • Reviews
  • The Lady of the Cliffs
    • Characters
    • Reviews
  • Literary Awards and Recognition
  • Rowan Moon
    • About the Publisher
  • About the Author
  • Announcements
  • For Booksellers and Librarians
  • Contact
  • order your copy