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
  • Rowan Moon
  • About the Publisher
  • About the Author
  • Announcements
  • Contact
  • Find a Bookseller
  • For Booksellers and Librarians
  • order your copy!
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Cast your eyes to the summit, child,
to Bury Down, once a hillfort of rock and timber, 
now but a low stone crown set crooked upon a great green head.
​Can you see the last of the setting sun, blood-red upon that granite ring?
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Your aunts will have made ready.
​Tell me, Megge, are you very brave?

Pour yourself a cup of mead and curl up
for a visit to Megge’s world

​Megge's Story Begins

Cornwall, 1275 CE
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​​On a sheep farm in the shadow of Bury Down grove, known for a thousand years as the Land of the Second Sight, a healer vows to face flames rather than fail in her one charge in this life: to bring her daughter to accept a powerful ancient book and vow to become her apprentice and follow the path of protector.
    
But when Megge touches The Book of Seasons, it burns her fingers and she hears a whisper. “Murderer.” Terrified, she rejects the book and renounces her birthright.

How far will Megge’s mother and aunt, the Healer and Seer of Bury Down, assisted by two great-aunts ~ Aleydis, a huntress; and Morwen, a bard and Megge’s dearest confidante ~ go to bring young Megge to accept her destiny?

​And to what lengths will Megge go to elude it?

"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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Independent book publishers Benjamin Franklin Award

​FINALIST
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AUDIOBOOK: FICTION
and
THE BILL FISHER AWARD
​FOR BEST FIRST BOOK

Winners to be announced May 2021

The independent Press
​New York City Big Book award
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DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

​HISTORICAL FICTION
and
​BOOK COVER DESIGN

mom's choice gold award 

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honoring 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
  • Rowan Moon
  • About the Publisher
  • About the Author
  • Announcements
  • Contact
  • Find a Bookseller
  • For Booksellers and Librarians
  • order your copy!