WHERE HOPE DARES: The Gift of Prophecy, by Rebecca Bryn
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In a future time of social, religious and political upheaval, two isolated cultures clash with devastating results. Kiya, a young healer, is kidnapped to fulfil the ancient prophecy of The Gift, and is raped by her brutal captor, Alaric the Chosen, before being taken north across the High Atlas Mountains to the pagan High Priest of Okeanos, God of the Sea. Raphel, Kiya's storyteller husband, sets out on a thousand-mile journey to rescue her from a warmongering regime, with only hope and a headful of stories to aid him. Their friend, Abe, to whom they both look for help, has his own secret agenda decreed by a long-dead pope. Raphel and Kiya find help where they least expect it, but who can they trust - friend or foe? A short excerpt: Abe stroked his mule’s neck: the beast threw up his head, the white of his eye flashing, a sure sign something had spooked him. ‘Hold up, Moses. Steady, boy.’ Moses’s nostrils expanded and quivered, blowing soft, nervous breath across the silver hairs on his master’s forearm: his long ears went back, flat to his mane. ‘Yes, I smell it too.’ He pushed the wide, floppy brim of his hat back from his eyes, with the back of the hand that held his staff, and hauled the reluctant mule forward. A damp smell of burning clung to the air. The track wound along the bottom of the narrow gorge, among sparse trees at the river’s edge. Where were the people of the village, the children? He rounded a bend in the trail and stopped, heart in mouth. The house before him lay in ruins, its walls blackened and crumbling, smoke still wisping from the windows. The body of a young woman lay at the foot of a tree. She lay curled on her side, the handle of a knife protruding from her belly. He drew closer, the breeze lifting the sickly-sweet smell of death into the air. She’d been dead a day, maybe more. He tied Moses to a branch and bent to make the sign of the cross on her forehead. ‘May God in his mercy forgive your sins.’ The mule let out a strangled squeal, wild eyed and terrified. Cold fingers crept up his spine, as his eyes were drawn inexorably where Moses looked, up into the tree to which he’d tethered the mule. Above them was a child, a small girl: her dress, once a pale blue, was dark with blood, her black curls framed her face in matted locks, her head hung forward on her chest and her thin arms were outstretched. Through her hands, wooden spikes pinned her to the tree’s branches and through her heart was a wooden stake; a cruel parody of Christ’s crucifixion ‘Holy Mary…’ His staff clattered to the stony ground and his fingers reached for the crucifix worn beneath his shirt. He swallowed bile and forced himself to look at her, to see the dark stain caking the insides of her legs, and the blood that had run from her wounds: she’d been raped, and had been alive when they’d hung her from this tree. His breath came in harsh sobs and he raised his eyes to the heavens, fists clenched. ‘My God, why? Strike me! The fault is mine not theirs.’ Stumbling away, blind with tears, he puked his guts in the road. He wiped a sleeve across his eyes and mouth, untied Moses and hobbled him, letting him graze a short distance away, then he climbed the tree to take down the dead child. Cradling her in his arms, he laid the little girl by the woman. He remembered them from a previous visit, a year or more ago. They were mother and daughter, and it was clear from the woman’s position, from the tracks of crusted tears across her cheeks, that she’d taken her own life. He tore his hat from his head and dropped it beside him, bowing his head. God’s reasons weren’t for him to question. He’d been spared… God’s will… these deaths were shown to him for a reason and all would be made clear with the coming of the Messiah. Other titles by this author: The Silence of the Stones Touching the Wire Reviews are very important to authors and readers. If you enjoy my stories, please take a moment to leave a review on Amazon. I'd lov
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- Published on: 2015-10-21
- Released on: 2015-10-21
- Format: Kindle eBook
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An engaging story well told. By Patrick Rebecca Bryn is just one of those writers. You cannot help but love what she does. I read her Touching The Wire and loved it so I expected more of the same. One thing initially made me stutter, I picked up this book without reading the blurb, simply based on the fact that I had enjoyed the first so much. As I opened the book I was greeted by meet the characters - never mad on that idea - then I read the first chapter and had to go back to read the blurb., The penny dropped. This was not going to be more of the same. I carried on regardless having made the mistake of presumption and I was glad I did. Everything went against me liking the book in a way as I am not a huge fan of Dystopian tales and I had been expecting something else. Guess what, I still loved this book. I say it is different to Touching the Wire and yes it is in genre but not in Style. Rebecca Bryn is such a skilled writer and has a marvelous way of handling a story that far from being disappointed I was quite engaged. Once again ability, voice and an understanding of what a reader wants triumphed. I suspect she could write in any genre and I would go back for more, a cross over talent not many can achieve. I didn't speculate (too much) on some of the analogies and references, I am sure they are what they are, but it is all rather clever, never too clever for its own good and importantly, in this book we have characters that are likable,engaging and ones you want to triumph. All books are about love of course and this is no exception with relationship and love at the heart of the tension. I like the title, it gives a great sense of what to expect and I know that in giving this book a five star recommendation it is based on all of they key things a book needs to be to get that from me. Technically on the money, dialogue that is comfortable in the head as in the mouth, a strong narrative but most importantly an engaging well told story that I suspect all will enjoy ,
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An epic read By Shazzie Where Hope Dares is an epic book that delves into the lives of the characters, their cultures and the lands they come from. Abe and Kiya are central and indispensable to the story as it unfolds. Secondary characters, like Raphel and Alaric are well drawn, believable, some likable and some brutish. I rooted for Kiya throughout the story.As I read I tried to visualise how the novel would end, needless to say my prediction was wrong but the author brought this fabulous story to a great conclusion. Rebecca Bryn doesn’t just tell a tale, with Where Hope Dares she makes the reader a part of it. This has to be said of the proverbs used in a clever fashion to bring out the best in the chapters they pertained to, they were also thought provoking.Kiya is forced to take a journey, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually, the author leads you tentatively along the same path as her. I don’t like overly descriptive novels and I surmised that I may find it in this book because of the journey they had to undertake. Again I was wrong. Bryn is descriptive but not overly, she is concise and imaginative. I immersed myself in it.I found the ‘Meet the Characters’ unnecessary, for me that is. It was my choice to ignore this as I wanted to meet the characters as I read. I wanted to ‘know’ them naturally by letting the author introduce them to me, again she didn’t disappoint.The Afterword by Philip Stephen Knight BSc was an added bonus for me. It is interesting and delves into climatic changes and geographic details of the journey and lands inhabited before and after Abe.I read Where Hope Dares with Kindle Unlimited, but this is one epic read to keep on your ereader or better still, on your bookshelf.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Epic dystopian fantasy By SacredGeometryBlog Where Hope Dares is volumious yet gripping from the very beginning. It takes place in the future of planet Earth, but has an ancient feel to it. It felt as though I was reading a myth or a legend. Though there are many subplots, it’s mainly a love story between Kiya, a gifted healer and Raphel, a talented storyteller. Their beautiful relationship is interrupted by Kiya’s captivity and sexual sacrifice, but the connection between them is so strong and powerful that none of the outside evil can bring them down.I found this to be a breathtaking adventure. Some part were tough for me to read, and the overall mood is dark and dramatic, but very captivating. I liked the idea of the future / past synchronicity, and how the author depicts the future of humanity as a reference to the ancient times. It makes you think whether history cyclically repeats itself. I also enjoyed the spiritual tone to it, and the nicely weaved in ecological messages.I could feel the expertise and diligent work of the author, and sensed how much she worked on developing the story’s world and the characters. Hats off to her work!I think this book will please readers who like epic, dramatic dystopian novels with a strong message.
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