Domnall and the Borrowed Child

by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

Overview

The best and bravest faeries fell in the war against the Sluagh, and now the Council is packed with idiots and cowards. Domnall is old, aching, and as cranky as they come, but as much as he'd like to retire, he's the best scout the Sithein court has left.

When a fae child falls deathly ill, Domnall knows he's the only one who can get her the medicine she needs: Mother's milk. The old scout will face cunning humans, hungry wolves, and uncooperative sheep, to say nothing of his fellow fae!

PRAISE FOR DOMNALL AND THE BORROWED CHILD

"Tastes like fairy wine; delightful and refreshing." — Ishbelle Bee, author of The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765385314
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/10/2015
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley was born in Germany and spent her childhood in Los Angeles. She emigrated to Scotland where she guided German tourists around the Trossachs and searched for the supernatural. She now splits her time between South Wales and Andalucia where she writes about plane crashes and faeries, which have more in common than most people might imagine. Her fiction was nominated for a Nebula in 2013 and her short stories have been translated into over a dozen languages.

Editorial Reviews

"[Domnall and the Borrowed Child] is like a tiny Celtic fantasy travel adventure with a setting rich enough to be an epic novel. This is a must-read for fans of Celtic fantasy!" - Bull Spec

From the Publisher

This charming audiobook assumes listeners have a working knowledge of the myths surrounding fairies. This is a quick tale, requiring close attention, but narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds’s voice is steady, warm, and welcoming, so listeners never feel lost. There is urgency in the story itself—a fairy child must get human mother’s milk or die—and the audiobook conveys this without ever rushing. The characters not only have delightful Scottish burrs, but Reynolds also gives them terrific personalities. Domnall is an older fairy a bit weary with life who simultaneously projects hopefulness that has not gone away. Young fairy scout Micol is eager and energetic and exasperated. Human characters can sound faintly sinister, a quality that makes sense in this fairy tale told from a fairy’s perspective. G.D. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2016 - AudioFile

This charming audiobook assumes listeners have a working knowledge of the myths surrounding fairies. This is a quick tale, requiring close attention, but narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds’s voice is steady, warm, and welcoming, so listeners never feel lost. There is urgency in the story itself—a fairy child must get human mother’s milk or die—and the audiobook conveys this without ever rushing. The characters not only have delightful Scottish burrs, but Reynolds also gives them terrific personalities. Domnall is an older fairy a bit weary with life who simultaneously projects hopefulness that has not gone away. Young fairy scout Micol is eager and energetic and exasperated. Human characters can sound faintly sinister, a quality that makes sense in this fairy tale told from a fairy’s perspective. G.D. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2016 - AudioFile