The Seaborne
by A G Rivett
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Pub Date Oct 20 2023 | Archive Date Dec 01 2023
Pantolwen Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
The first book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy, The Seaborne can be read as a stand-alone novel. The trilogy is set on an imaginary island somewhere between Scotland and Ireland in a world like, but also unlike, our own of a thousand years ago.
John Finlay is fleeing from failure. His engineering business has failed, his relationship has failed. His flight from debts leads him to disaster - and to the Island, where he must learn to live anew.
Dermot, pulling a body, barely alive, from the water, has never seen anyone so strangely dressed. His Celtic island knows nothing of debt, nor engineering. Where has this man come from?
John struggles to accept that he has been carried across time and into another world - both like and unlike his own. How he got there is a mystery. But John the foreigner must turn slowly into Dhion the Islander. Still, he brings with him unfinished business that must be faced, and ideas that may not always be welcomed. Meanwhile Dermot, consumed with a growing jealousy, develops his own deadly agenda. The whole community finds itself caught up in what becomes a matter of survival - or transformation.
A tale of discovery and reassessment, in which John-Dhion must struggle to find himself, his role, his love and his place in this new, old, world.
A Note From the Publisher
Hardback: 9781739362362
eBook: 9781739362386
Paperback: 9781739362379
Hardback: 9781739362362
eBook: 9781739362386
Advance Praise
"A novel of Celtic quantum time that asks us to consider the ways in which we are all born strangers, seaborne foundlings, living between worlds. A parable for our particularly torn times."
Damian Walford Davies
"Quite captivating. I love the elemental quality and the constant presence of the wild and rugged landscape. The characters are strong and believable. A deep and thought-provoking book."
Josie Smith
"A beautiful story, imbued with Celtic themes and a deep spirituality. The story unfurls like a flower coming into bloom."
Don MacGregor, Midwest Book Review
"This was such an engaging read. The author does a great job of creating a breathtaking world that draws the reader in and populates it with characters that keep the reader invested throughout." AuthorAnthonyAvivaBlog.com
"It is notoriously difficult to create an internally consistent and convincing alternative universe - something I think Rivett has achieved magnificently." Richard Danckwerts
Marketing Plan
The Seaborne by A G Rivett first came out in 2019 and had some attention from bloggers and an enthusiastic response from readers. The first book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy, it is now coming out in this new, revised, edition with exposure on NetGalley in conjunction with the second book of the Trilogy, The Priest's Wife, due to be published on October 20.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781739362379 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 355 |
