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Who has not heard of fictional ‘Little People’-- Fairies, Leprechauns, Elves, Dwarves, Pixies, Gnomes? In ‘The Mother’s Sword’, Dr. Bob Rich gives us ‘Ehvelen’, an ancient civilization that existed in the year 700 BC. Based on scrolls found in a cave in County Clare, Ireland, Dr. Bob Rich weaves a complex story of the customs and traditions of the Ehvelen people.
‘The Mother’s Sword’ is the second book in the Ehvelen series, but skillfully stands on its own. From the first page, I was swept up in the lives of these little people. I marveled at their hunting skills, their resourcefulness in using what nature has to offer, and the love and devotion they exhibit toward their extended families and friends. Best of all, they have the ‘Mother’ within them, which makes them above all else loving and peaceful creatures.
The Ehvelen’s peaceful existence is shattered when a group of young hunters come in contact with a group of giants, the ‘Doshi’. These giants kill the young men of the hunt, capture the young women and make them slaves. The giants are the first contact the Ehvelen people have ever had with humans who take life as if it means nothing and destroy nature to fit with their own selfish needs. From there, the Ehvelen people are faced with not only the struggle to survive but to do what they thought before as unthinkable: to kill human beings, even if they are merciless giants.
There is a great beauty in ‘The Mother’s Sword’, and it left me feeling that I truly understood these little people and their stories that had been handed down from generation to generation.
About the Reviewer
Bonnie Mercure coordinates the fiction pages of Dowse.com. My first contact with her was when I submitted a couple of my short stories to her. Later, she was one of the entrants in my Free Edit Contest. I was charmed by one vote: her young daughter Kate wrote that she was voting for her Mom's book.
As you can see from the review, her own writing is clear and vivid. The book I edited for her, The Curse of the Three-Headed Circus should do well. Visit Bonnie's web site.
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