—from a review by Kate Genet on the website, Kissed By Venus
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When Women Were Warriors Book III
A Hero’s Tale
“Whatever you took with you,” said Finn, “whatever you may call it—purity of heart, strength of spirit, greatness of soul—you took that and nothing more into the house of wickedness, and you came out of it again, bringing fortune to your friends and ruin to your enemies. If that’s not a hero’s tale, I’ve never told one nor heard one told.”
In Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero’s journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In the final book of the trilogy Wilson completes the hero-journey of Tamras.
In Book II, Tamras moved from her home into the lands beyond its border. In Book three, the stage widens further: she deals with the struggles of whole peoples.
Caught up in intrigues that would once have been far above her, the heroine risks everything unless she can not only learn to swim in treacherous waters, but to master them.
The heroine’s inner journey continues to match her outer one. She must confront the meaning not only of personal love, but the love that extends beyond oneself and those we hold dear.
Catherine Wilson’s skill at tackling the big issues of love, meaning, and humanity is so deft that it all seemed, to me at least, to flow naturally from her narrative in a way I found technically quite breathtaking.…
If you liked the first book of this trilogy, the middle and the conclusion will not disappoint. This is one of the finest pieces of fantasy I have read for many years.
—from a review on Goodreads by Charles Ferguson, December 1, 2010
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Being the third and last volume in a series I enjoyed immensely, I knew that I could expect this last book to deliver a happy and satisfying ending.
What I didn’t expect was the intricate and daring storyline of this last volume. It is bigger and broader than what has come before, and it is spectacular. This book takes up where the last left off but instead of merely working out the story conflicts already apparent, this time the story unfolds on to a whole new level. More characters, more intrigue, greater losses, wonderful reunions. I read it with awe for Catherine Wilson’s storytelling ability. There’s no taking the easy road here—the story opened up into unimagined dimensions to tell a tale that really is that of a hero.
An incredibly captivating story, When Women Were Warriors manages to blend mythic storytelling with characters who feel so real you could imagine stepping into the pages and having a conversation with them. A Hero’s Tale skilfully weaves the questions of love, faith and fairness into a dramatic story; not only of a relationship between the main characters, but of a quest so much bigger it takes the breath away. There is everything you could wish for here – power struggles, forces for good and evil, dramatic tests of faith, daring rescues, fatal rivalry, but it is managed with such a deft hand that in the end it is all one beautiful story.
What else is there to say? This is not just lesbian fiction, but a story about being human. It’s not to be missed.
—from a review by Kate Genet on the website, Kissed By Venus
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When Women Were Warriors Book III: A Hero’s Tale is also available in multiple ebook formats from Barnes & Noble, kobo ebooks, Smashwords, Mobipocket, and other ebookstores and in paperback from Amazon.com and other online retailers.
Autographed paperbacks of all three books can be ordered from the author’s website, catherine-m-wilson.com.
If you have already purchased the paperbacks, you can order free autographed bookplates for them here: catherine-m-wilson.com/bookplates.html.
If you only have the ebooks but would like the author’s autograph, you can request an autographed postcard here: catherine-m-wilson.com/autographs.html.
For more information about the trilogy, see the publisher’s website, shieldmaidenpress.com
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About the author
This picture was taken in 1968, more than 40 years ago, so if you should happen to run across me in real life, don’t be disappointed that I no longer resemble the young woman you see here. I have grown old, and although not so cute on the outside, I am much lovelier on the inside.
I chose this photo because in it I am standing by the entrance stone at Newgrange, a megalithic passage tomb in Ireland, built over five thousand years ago. If mysterious portals exist in the world, this is one of them. Many authors will tell you that their stories come from a mysterious place, and when I began to write my trilogy, When Women Were Warriors, I suspected that perhaps I had once stepped into another world without knowing it and brought back some ancient long-forgotten tale. Wherever the story came from, it came more through me than from me. I made it from my own life and from my own experience, but I also heard a voice whispering within me that was not quite mine.
Catherine M Wilson
December, 2008
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