Beneath the Surface: The Lost Boy (Volume 1‪)‬

An unwanted life is born from a traumatic death. Out of painful grief for the tragic loss of their beloved mother, Sean angrily blames and abandons his baby brother in the forest. He runs away hunting to escape his sorrow, never realizing the full consequences of his heartless act. The mysterious Queen of the Forest finds the child crying piteously and cannot resist comforting him. While she holds the tender child lovingly in her arms, she gazes into his future, but upon witnessing visions of horrific events, she steals him away into the Otherworld to protect him. When Sean returns and finds Erren gone, guilt consumes him. His repentant mind opens up enough to see his mother’s spirit telling him, “The forest took him.” Sean begins his noble quest to find his lost brother and to right the wrong he had done, unaware that his determined search is awakening his latent telepathic gift. He has a spiritual crisis as the forest becomes haunted with voices condemning him for his thoughtless crime. There is an unseen battle of wills as the mystical Queen Elaya tries to stop the guilty one from taking her little boy.

Excerpt:

Sean was like a foxhunter poised upon his horse with his hounds all around him, waiting for the blare of the trumpet to set him loose after the fleeing fox. Despite his doubts, Sean’s quest had taken him over into a realm where logic seemed to hold no sway and he was now as bound to his chosen task as if the magic of the mythical Wild Hunt had caught hold of him. With her last words, his dead mother had pulled back her bow like the great Celtic Goddess of the Black Forest, Abnoba the Huntress, and had launched her eldest son like a shining arrow of hope into the dark forest to find her little boy.