Böcker av Freya Pickard

This book is for the broken, the damaged and scarred.This book is for the walking dead who have learnt to live as best they can with hollow hearts and gaping wounds."They (the poems) are straight from the heart, soul and gut. They are never trite, never overblown but wonderfully, articulate and rich in imagery." S Moore Broken people get through the experience of brokenness and then have to adapt to living with it and its effects on the other side.To deny we are broken is wrong. To try and forget the horror is wrong. Who we are today has been forged out of the trauma we have been though. Our lives now take a different, somewhat darker turn.Vampirical Verse reflects the emotional, mental and spiritual fallout from cancer. These poems are an attempt by Freya Pickard to express the inexpressible. Warning - the poetry in this volume contains themes of death, suicide, cancer and sexual acts which some readers may find upsetting.

The companions' journey takes them across a vast, dangerous ocean and their relationships, tenuous at best, become even more strained."Freya has a wonderful grasp on storytelling and the written word. She has the one thing that is hardest to find in a writer and that's a smooth dance of words. All of the beats are just right whether it's a sentence or a paragraph." Chris SAs the King's Assassin, Ashlar Slate, continues to pursue the four companions, threats also assail them from elsewhere; pirates and a deadly poison.This is the fourth book in The Kaerling Paperback series. Join the journey before it ends!If you enjoy tales by Robert Holdstock, Tara Saunders and Frank Herbert, you'll love The Kaerling series!Warning: contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence and slavery, which some readers may find upsetting.

Four companions drawn together on a quest not of their making."I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It's a beautifully written story and I find all of the characters interesting. The descriptions, particularly of the sea voyage, were fabulous. I can feel myself being present in the places described. There are lots of hints of problems to come and foreshadowing which all adds to a sense of mystery." E BaxterThe twins, Otta and Erl, seek to retrieve the boy Derri from his kaerling family, whilst Tari is determined to rescue Lally who has been abducted by the kaerlings. Lored has promised the Zoratti that he will protect the sister that up until recently, he had never met.But catching up with the kaerlings proves to be anything but simple, and the companions discover that they can't completely trust each other.When they find themselves trapped on the Isle of Kiros, they become dependent on Lored to free the herb woman who can provide Lored and Otta with the remedy they need in order to continue the voyage north.This is the third paperback in the epic fantasy series, The Kaerling. As the companions head north in the wake of the kaerling ship, their journey becomes darker and more difficult with each passing mile. If you're into Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, Ursula K Le Guin, Tad Williams and David Eddings, you'll love this! This novel contains Uneasy Allies, Fair Wind and Elkadanu, all of which can be purchased as separate e-books.