A David Farland Discovery
David Farland has chosen The Feather and the Moon Well to launch A David Farland Discovery. As a NYT best selling author and writing instructor, he has mentored dozens of New York Times bestselling authors, including Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time), Brandon Mull (Fablehaven), James Dashner (The Maze Runner), and Stephenie Meyer (Twilight). Read what he had to say about this book and more.
Legend tells of a sorceress
The Willow Woman, living within a white tower outside of the great city of Ethcabar, owns a vast hoard of strange and curious items. If you bring her something precious to add to her Collection, she may grant your wish...or curse you.
But no one knows that the Willow Woman also possess a Moon Well–an item of immense power. One of its many abilities grants her to see into the future, and thus alter its course.
When she sees an item within the Moon Well, a great flaming feather of incredible beauty that has the ability to free her from her tower prison, she discovers she will have to create an evil spell for a Nepha-Lord to get it. However, the devastation to the surrounding countryside, its people, and the certainty of her own misery might be too high of a price to pay.
Barbarus is a slave who wishes to be free of his Master, a Nepha-Lord of the Sixth Hell. He is sent on a journey to gather a rare item for the Willow Woman’s spell. The spell his Master desires will bind a core-demon to his will, and give the Nepha-Lord terrible power.
Neither of them know the Willow Woman is hiding secrets of a different kind, and the use of these powers is forbidden by her own people. Will she lose the love of the one man she has come to accept? Will she risk love, friendship and the terrible war she sees within the Moon Well to obtain The Feather?
A story of selfishness, friendship, betrayal, and hope, The Feather and the Moon Well is a magical tale built within the fringe of Irish Mythology.
This is the first novel in the series, The Brilliance of Sun.
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“ In THE FEATHER AND THE MOON WELL, Shean Pao draws upon traditional tales of the fairy realm for inspiration, while creating a world that is uniquely her own. The resulting tale is richly drawn and completely seductive. This is a story that bears reading again and again.”
David Farland
New York Times Bestselling Fantasy Author
“ What a magical story! I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful tale of the Willow Woman. Reading this book was like reading all my favorite fairy tales and watching a mystical movie unfold before my eyes. ”
Lee