EVERY DAY IT GREW STRONGER.
It crept across the land like a smothering vine, and at every harvest,
there was more rot, diseased sheep, soured milk, and sick children.
The morning of the fair, I smelled it, like the
sour stink on Granda when he'd been out fishing.
It had a taste too, like morning breath, no worse, like rotten fish.
It seeped into our minds, kindling fights for no reason.
IT GOT GRANDA, AND IT GOT ME.
It made us say and do things we didn't want to do, and
if I hadn't gone to the fair,
PETER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.
So begins Eye of the Seahorse, a Celtic fantasy about two rival cousins with magical abilities living in Ireland during the 1920's. Together, if they can manage to get along, they must find a way to stop the evil that is ravaging the countryside.
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Virginia McCausland is the author of the young adult contemporary fantasy, Death's Ferryman Rides A Harley. She is a musician and playwright with a Bachelor of Music from Western University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and a Publishing Certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University. She lives and writes in a small lakeside town in British Columbia. Eye of the Seahorse was inspired by her Irish heritage.