The Spellcoats

Driven from home, four siblings face invading conquerors and dark magic along a wild, enchanted river.

Tanqui discovers she has the only means to conquer the evil Kankredin who threatens her own people and the Heathens who have invaded prehistoric Dalemark.

Tanaqui flees down the great River with her sister and brothers when the villagers of Shelling turn against their family.

Guided by their hearth gods, the siblings must endure the floods and confront the enchanters who bind the River.

Tanaqui discovers she has the means to conquer the evil Kankredin who threatens her own people and the Heathens who have invaded prehistoric Dalemark.

Driven down the River by hostile neighbours, can five exiled siblings unravel the dark magic threatening prehistoric Dalemark before the soulnet closes?

• Epic Fantasy Quest: Exiled from their village of Shelling, four brothers and sisters navigate the swollen River in a loaded flatboat toward an unknown sea.
• Weaving Magic: Tanaqui discovers that the traditional patterns and rhymes woven into heavy rugcoats carry real power against the corrupt spells binding the land and its waters.
• Ancient Gods and Spirits: The siblings carry their three hearth figures the One, the Young One, and the Lady discovering that the sacred River itself is bound to their lineage.
• Also by This Author: Castle in the Air, Cart and Cwidder and The Crown of Dalemark.