B a r r y M a t h i a s
THE ANCIENT BLOODLINES TRILOGY
BARRY MATHIAS has written novels, plays, short stories and poetry. He emigrated to Canada from England with his wife and two daughters in 1990. He taught English at Camosun College in Victoria, BC, and later owned a bookstore on Pender Island. He is now a full-time writer.
Keeper of the Grail
Book 3
The story moves from the intrigues and bloodshed of Antioch to the power struggles in the Crusader capital of Jerusalem, and always there is the merciless desert, where strange things occur: a red haired giant leads the Moslem armies with the deadly Swords of Power; the mystical Owl reappears and the English knights review the concept of nobility
Shadow of the Swords
Book 2
continues the dramatic adventures of Gwen and John as they struggle against the Knights of the Order and the Moslem threat to the Crusader invasion of the Holy Land. A story of love, nobility, and the struggle for power in all its forms
The Power in the Dark
Book 1
is the first novel in the Ancient Bloodlines Trilogy. A strange army from the Holy Land invades Wessex, England, in the year 1112 intent on destroying an ancient bloodline and retrieving a mystical sword
With the completion of the Ancient Bloodlines Trilogy, the questions are answered, the secrets revealed, and nothing is what is appeared to be.
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PIP
Recently published by Pender Island Publishing
ISLAND MUSINGS
A collection of humorous articles first published in Island Tides
JUST PUBLISHED