The Arrow Rune

A thrilling, world-traveling fantasy novel with a sympathetic and worthy hero. Readers will love the dangerous and mysterious world of this must-read tale! –S.S. Taylor, author of The Expeditioners series



Highly readable and entertaining . . . I couldn’t put The Arrow Rune down, stayed up way too late to finish it. Well-drawn, believable, compelling, marvelous . . . enlightening! –Scott R. Russell, beer and mead brewer, author of North American Clone Brews



Ed Lewis is sick and tired of being dragged to Medieval Faires—of helping his uncle make bows, of minding the bow shop, of translating his mute mother’s sign language as she reads the runes for flakey faire-goers. Only one thing makes him come this time, a chance to impress a certain young woman by winning the archery tournament. He tries to play it down, but he sneaks off and spends every cent he’s got on a fancy leather vest so he won’t look so much like a peasant.



It doesn’t help. Ed clenches and blows the tournament, and Uncle Alf makes it worse by chewing him out and piling on more work. Embarrassed and angry, Ed retreats to the work bench. Then he discovers an ancient, rune-marked arrowhead that someone unknown has tucked in his bedroll. Still seething, he buries himself in making an arrow for his find.



What he creates is beyond his ken, for the arrowhead is a gate-key to another world, locked in battle between his mother’s people and a Briton war chief aided by a druid witch.



It’s the world where his father was lost, where Beowulf’s saga is fresh and real, and mad harpers pluck illusions from their tunes. Facing evil magic, mythic beasts, and war, Ed finds that skill, friendship, and a healthy dose of fear can solve riddles and reveal the true nature of love, life, and death.