Jesse Marley calls herself a realist; she's all about the here and now. But in the month before Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding in 1981, all her certainties are blown aside by events she cannot control. First, she finds out that she's adopted. Then she is run down by a motorbike. In a London hospital, temporarily unable to speak, she uses her left hand to write. But Jesse is right-handed. And, as if her fingers have a will of their own, she begins to draw places she's never seen before and people from another time—a castle, a man in medieval armor. And a woman's face.
Rory Brandon, Jesse's neurologist, is intrigued. Maybe his patient's head trauma has brought out latent abilities. But wait—he knows the castle. He's been there.
So begins an extraordinary journey across borders and beyond time, a chase that takes Jesse to Hundredfield, a Scottish stronghold built a thousand years ago by a brutal Norman warlord. What's more, Jesse Marley holds the key to the castle's secret and its sacred history. And Hundredfield, with its grim Keep, will help Jesse find her true lineage. But what does the legend of the Lady of the Forest have to do with her?
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“Two capable narrators, Anne Flosnik and John Lee, allow listeners of this time-slip novel to move easily between the connected worlds of Britain in 1981 and the Scottish Borderlands in 1321. Flosnik’s posh feminine voice relays the story of Jesse…John Lee’s rich, masculine tones are well suited for the violent tale of Bayard, Lord of Hundredfold, a castle under siege in Norman times.”
— AudioFile
“[Provides] expert unfolding of a complicated plot…more gripping entertainment from a seasoned professional.”
— Kirkus ReviewsTwo capable narrators, Anne Flosnik and John Lee, allow listeners of this time-slip novel to move easily between the connected worlds of Britain in 1981 and the Scottish Borderlands in 1321.
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Posie Graeme-Evans is the author of several internationally bestselling novels, including The Dressmaker and The Island House. As an Australian television producer, she has created and commissioned hundreds of programs for children and adults, including the worldwide smash hit McLeod’s Daughters and the Daytime Emmy–nominated Hi-5.
Anne Flosnik, a seasoned audiobook narrator, has over four hundred titles to her credit and several awards and distinctions, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, a USA Today Recommended Listening selection, an AudioFile “Best Narration of the Year” selection in 2009, and the American Library Association’s Special Services to Children Award. She has also been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an award-winning British actress with lead credits on stage, on television, and in commercials and voice-overs.
John Lee is the winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He has twice won acclaim as AudioFile’s Best Voice in Fiction & Classics. He also narrates video games, does voice-over work, and writes plays. He is an accomplished stage actor and has written and coproduced the feature films Breathing Hard and Forfeit. He played Alydon in the 1963–64 Doctor Who serial The Daleks.