Danielle Giles

Mere

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil' - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens 'Haunting and beautiful . . . Even in Mere's brutality, there is a rare tenderness to be found' - Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb Norfolk, AD 990. Deep in the Fens, an order of holy sisters lives in quiet isolation, cut off from the outside world by a treacherous marsh known as the mere. Convent healer Hilda and her fellow nuns follow God's path under the steely guidance of their abbess. But when a young servant boy goes missing in the marsh, rumour and division spread like wildfire through the community and the abbess's grip falters. Where is the boy? Who took him? Why can he not be found? Then, newly arrived Sister Wulfrun has a vision: a curse is upon them and change must be brought. As the convent is swept up in a fight for its very survival, Hilda finds herself caught in her own battle between her conscience and her growing feelings for the enigmatic Wulfrun . . . 'A forbidden and passionate love story which held me captivated to the last page' - Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm
• ISBN-13: 9781035051243
• ISBN-10: 1035051249
• Artikelnr.: 74878125

Autorenporträt

Danielle Giles is a writer and researcher based in Bristol. She has been published (writing as Danielle Vrublevskis) in Extra Teeth and Dear Damsels , shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize, and longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. She won the Local Prize in the 2023 Bath Short Story Award. Mere is her first novel; a second historical gothic novel is currently in the works.

Rezensionen

A dark and disturbing tale set in an East Anglian abbey in Dark Ages England, where the old pagan Gods are meeting a fledgling Christianity. A supernatural mystery, a political power struggle, a romance, a woman bringing compassion and healing to a brutal world, and fenland ripe with stagnant secrets. Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil. Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens