Four women are drawn together by their special powers and their personal demons to find peace. They would rather keep to themselves, in this distant world where witches aren’t trusted and the shadows of long lost technology live on in a religion of ancestor-worship.
But when a group of exiles comes to Tunston with news of the overthrow of King Armand of Tyne by his cousin and the witch Zuleika Tallan, everything changes. Sylvia, the eldest witch, has an old regret to confront and her friends, Magda, Leenan and Tephee, won’t let her face it alone. The witches, each with their own issues to face, join the deposed court to seek out the deposed King and return him to the throne.
But the ragtag remnants of the court have problems of their own: betrayal, honour, loyalty, love and revenge are not going to make this an easy quest for anyone.
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Witch Honour was first written as a short story called Witching Ways. After developing it into a full length novel, I submitted it for the George Turner Prize for unpublished manuscripts in 1998. It was short listed for the award that year.
After I’d learned a bit more about writing, I edited it down by about a quarter, retitled it Witch Honour and continued sending it out. In 2004, it was accepted by the US publisher, Five Star Speculative Fiction, and published in a Hardcover volume in January 2005.
My thanks to John Helfers, of Tekno Books, who was so helpful throughout the process, and Pat Estrada, who edited and gave me such warm and encouraging feedback! And of course, love and thanks to my husband, Tim Richards, and to Jehni Thomas-Wurth and Yvon Hintz, my two muses in the creation of the world and people of this book.
Witch Honour is out of print, but second hand copies are available through Amazon.com: Five Star Science Fiction/Fantasy – Witch Honour.
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