From the Shadows of the Owl Queen's Court

Benedict Patrick

Jul 2020 · Benedict Patrick

About this eBook

If you value your life, stay out of the forest.

As a captive of the Owl Queen’s Court, Nascha’s life has always been one knife’s edge away from disaster. But when she is threatened for nothing more than the colour of her hair, Nascha attempts the unthinkable: escape through the dreaded Magpie King’s forest.

Hunted by sharp toothed and sharper witted foxfolk, and hated by all for being a witch, Nascha fears herself doomed until she joins forces with a mysterious young man. With him she finds a glimmer of hope, even as her own unpredictable powers flicker into existence.

But hope is fleeting.

The forces arrayed against her are insurmountable, and Nascha soon comes to realise that pursuit of her own freedom will come at a greater cost to the forest. As the darkness closes in around them, Nascha is forced to ask:

At what price is she willing to purchase her life?

How dearly is she willing to sell it?

From the Shadows of the Owl Queen’s Court is the fourth standalone book in Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld series, returning for the first time to the setting of the #1 bestseller They Mostly Come Out At Night.

Grab your copy today, to discover new reasons to be afraid of the dark!

Ratings and reviews

Another beautiful, dark and twisted tale set in Yarnsworld seeing the return of the Magpie King. We are also introduced to a whole new set of wonderful characters. The author's storytelling grew in leaps and bounds with this book, adding even more depth to the Yarnworld tales.

About the author

Benedict Patrick is from a small town in Northern Ireland called Banbridge, but has been living and working in Scotland since he moved there at the age of eighteen. Tragically, that was quite a while ago.

He has been writing for most of his life, and has been reading for pretty much all of it (with help from mum and dad at the beginning). Benedict's life changed when a substitute primary school teacher read his class part of The Hobbit and later loaned him the book - he fell in love with the fantasy genre and never looked back.

The Yarnsworld novels are a sequence of standalone stories - each with unique settings and characters - sharing the same world. The novels can be enjoyed in any order, but their publication order is as follows:

1) They Mostly Come Out At Night

2) Where the Waters Turn Black

3) Those Brave, Foolish Souls from the City of Sword

4) From the Shadows of the Owl Queen's Court

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