
When Joanna nurses an injured woman back to health, she and Meggie find themselves in mortal danger. Fortune Like the Moon Ashes of the Elements The Tavern in the Morning The Chatter of the Maidens The Faithful Dead A Dark Night Hidden Whiter Than the. Despite their wisdom however the forest people are both feared by and vulnerable to outsiders. Joanna continues to learn the skills and secrets of the pagan forest people but it is only at her initiation that she realises what mysterious powers have been unleashed. Meanwhile Joanna, Josse's former lover, lives hidden in the forest with their baby girl, Meggie. RT Isisaudio: What do a desperate woman with a secret, a dead man in a drainage ditch and a dark figure in the night have in common Find out in the latest Gabriel Taverner mystery from Alys Clare The Cargo From Neira is out today. For the Abbess, her friendship with Josse is deepening the longer he stays at the abbey, as is her awareness of his attractions as a man. When he is found dead in a ditch after threatening the abbess, few mourn his passing. When Josse realises that his desires to save the heretics she cannot possibly condone, he is forced to act against her wishes, risking the greatest friendship he has. The new priest who has arrived at Hawkenlye Abbey is a cruel fanatic. And, when it appears that a band of evangelical heretics, who Micah condemned to the stake, might be behind his death, the Abbess is torn by her compassion for their suffering and her duty to the church. Whatever his methods he was a man of God. Josse D'Acquin and the Abbess Helewise are appalled by the views of the fanatical new priest, Father Micah, but are even more horrified when his body turns up by the side of the road.
