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From: Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Serpent Daughter by D J Butler
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:36:06 +0100
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On 20/10/2024 03:07, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> "Serpent daughter : the witchy queen rides to battle" by DJ Butler
> 
>      This is the 4th volume of the series. I hoped it was the
> end because I am getting on 87 yoa but we are left hanging in
> several interlocking stories  of the individual characters on
> both sides of the struggle against Thomas Penn, Emperor of the
> League and of Pennsland. He is an elected Emperor and murdered
> his sister to take her inheritance. His evil magic is so tough
> that other wizards cannot touch him. His ally is the ghost of
> the Necromancer, Oliver Cromwell, whose new model army was wooden
> men activated by demons. Now he has built them as giants with the
> same power source. And you would  never believe what Queen Sarah of 
> Cahokia rides to battle.
> 
> Better start reading the series now as it only gets more
> complicated so far we have these
> Witchy Eye    (2017)    Really liked this one
> Witchy Winter    (2018)    All the rest are moving the story
> Witchy Kingdom    (2019)    forward
> Serpent Daughter (2020) see above.
> 
> The Covid restrictions let me miss this last one.
> until now.
> I am surprised that the next one is not out but not
> greatly as this is long and complicated story of
> a North America rotten with magic.
> 
>      bliss

Thank you, this is interesting.  Are you sure
that the titles are _Witchy Eye_ etc. as this
seems to me rather undignified for serious
high fantasy.  So I'm wonderingy if the writingy
on the fronty is fancy and it looksy like certain
words end in -y but they don'ty.  ;-)