false 5937597 2 The year is 1775. On the surface, Proctor Brown appears to be an ordinary young man working the family farm in New England. He is a minuteman, a member of the local militia, determined to defend the rights of the colonies. Yet Proctor is so much more. Magic is in his blood, a dark secret passed down from generation to generation. But Proctor’s mother has taught him to hide his talents, lest he be labeled a witch and find himself dangling at the end of a rope. A chance encounter with an arrogant British officer bearing magic of his own catapults Proctor out of his comfortable existence and into the adventure of a lifetime, as resistance sparks rebellion and rebellion becomes revolution. Now, even as he fights alongside his fellow patriots from Lexington to Bunker Hill, Proctor finds himself enmeshed in a war of a different sort—a secret war of magic against magic, witch against witch, with the stakes not only the independence of a young nation but the future of humanity itself. 6110046 book 28 4 2009 The Patriot Witch (Traitor to the Crown, Book 1) total:72|5:7|4:30|3:28|2:6|1:1| 72 252 190 31 4 1 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:38:33 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:42:42 -0700 2009
After reading the synopsis on the back cover I was expecting the Patriot Witch to be a cheesy and laborious read. To my delight it was the complete opposite. I was instantly drawn into Proctor Brown’s character and the imagery created by Finlay’s writing. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 16:09:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:27:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 18 13:13:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:35:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:13:47 -0700 2009
...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:04:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:26:41 -0700 2009 The Patriot Witch, first installment of C.C. Finlay's Traitor to the Crown series, sets up the story of young Proctor Brown, who's inherited the ability to scry from his mother. His only wish is to marry his sweetheart and prove himself to her father by making a fortune on his farm... except that th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:50:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:53:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:13:43 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 12:24:13 -0700 2009
If it hadn't been competing with audio distractions (you can not look, but you can't not listen) I think I wou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:40:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:44:03 -0700 2009
A lot of historical fic can be flat or really cheesy and this was really believeable. I liked that I could actually imagine the characters in real life Revolutionar...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:37:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:45:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:24:23 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:28:38 -0700 2009
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On the brinks of Revolution, American militia men—troupes of armed farmers and other non-military men—stand to guard the “Patriot Cause” against the British redcoats. Unknown to the vast majority of fighting men on both sides is the presence of magical interve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 23:31:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 23:53:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:55:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:57:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 14:09:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 14:11:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:53:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 12:28:43 -0700 2009 Johnny Tremaine was one of my favoritest favoritest books. I think Johnny was my first literary crush. So I'm predisposed to like Revolutionary War stories, but this is a particularly good one. "The Secret History of the Revolutionary War," complete with good witches fi...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 15:00:13 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 15:35:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 04:40:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 04:55:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5937597