Gather My Bones

by Laura J. Underwood

Laura J. Underwood brings you a new story of Conor Manahan. While escorting a caravan through Cinnoch Connor and his family--his healer wife, Eithne, and his mageborn adopted son, Rhoyd--come across an unusual landmark. They stop the night at Rhucnach Ruins a place that reeks of magic and which was warded years ago. Conor is unnerved by the place for the sake of his son. Sensitive to magic, Rhoyd is eager to explore their campsite, especially the ruins.

But it is the discovery of a statue bearing a locked box that brings to light events that transpired years before. Soon Rhoyd is answering to a strange woman singing in his dreams. His disappearance forces Conor to face the differences himself and his mageborn son and other men. Can solving a riddle from ages past save them or will it bring them further troubles?

Filled with the mythology of Keltora and other lands that Laura J. Underwood has built in her novels Ard Master and The Black Hunter, Gather My Bones is a fast paced, suspenseful read.

62 pages, CD-ROM

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Laura J. Underwood is the author of numerous short stories in the field of fantastic fiction which have appeared in such publications as Marion Zimmer Bradley’s FANTASY Magazine, SWORD AND SORCERESS, LOW PORT, TURN THE OTHER CHICK, Adventures of Sword & Sorcery, SUCH A PRETTY FACE, CATFANTASTIC, BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE, FOUR BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF BUBBAS and many others. She is a born and raised East Tennessee, and has found much inspiration while hiking her native mountains as well as from her travels through England and Scotland. By day, she is a librarian, and her fields of expertise range from Scottish folklore and fencing to playing harp. She is, in fact, the owner of the original Glynnanis who has appeared in a number of her tales that were collected together in MAGIC'S SONG: TALES OF THE HARPER MAGE (Wildside Press 2003). Her novels include ARD MAGISTER (Yard Dog Press 2002), CHRONICLES OF THE LAST WAR (Yard Dog Press 2004) and DRAGON'S TONGUE (Meisha Merlin 2006) THE HOUNDS OF ARDAGH (Five Star Press 2006) and THE LUNARI MASK (Yard Dog Press 2008)

In spite of rumors started by the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, Laura does not have a multitude of children like Harriet Beecher Stowe, nor does she live in a house full of cats. There is, in fact, only one Gato Bobo (he of the few brain cells) whom she keeps around because cats truly are fun toys...