The Torc Part One Storm-enticer

“No? Not true, Malachias, that by fate of accident long ago, drifting essence became duped to life on Earth? Moreover, once here, split apart onto this azure globe devoid of pity, to wander lost and helpless through a weird entanglement of wordless description and forever kept apart?”

In intellect and looks mundane, Arianwyn - an innate stubborn and kind nature her only appealing features - is born of flawed parents and, ultimately, faces a pathetic future - conformity to the fundamental needs of society and others, closely followed by a lonely, dire death.
Gifted her name by her mentor, the Spaewife, and a chance-fortune friendship with Grainne, provide for Arianwyn a mystery of storytelling and confusing close relationships, which serve as an initiation in the search for the meaning of her existence. However, the manipulative world works to hold Arianwyn fixed to desires of human frailties where, driven by wants and needs and her attraction to the heartless Talorcan, the wanton world conspires to entice her emerging passions to be ruined by his avaricious character. Rash decisions rent deep the hopes of youth and no less, Arianwyn.

Storm-enticer is the first part of five stand-alone books in the epic romantic adventure ‘The Torc’ and covers the life of Arianwyn from birth to age sixteen. In ‘The Torc’, from her Dark Age world, Arainwyn - thrown into the wonder, adventures, loves and terrors of the Roman and Byzantine world of the 6th century - is supported by her friend and wearer of the torc, Grainne. This woman enthralls Arianwyn with her beauty, essence and enigmatic storytelling.
From prosaic and characters of mythical qualities to the Emperor and Empress of the Byzantine Empire, the life spark of Arianwyn beguiles a rich tapestry of characters, each of whom are caught by her charm and, alongside the gusty and earthy events surrounding them, help to build Arianwyn’s self-confidence in leadership to challenge the conventions of mortality. Though troubled by the constriction of her golden torc, Grainne is a constant support for Arianwyn, encouraging Arianwyn to believe that she and Talorcan, they are destined for a special relationship, but what is its nature? Also, Arianwyn and Talorcan, so opposed in nature, can surely never come together as one and defeat the wretched fate the world would have them meet.

Part Two Via Acerbum
Part Three World’s Desire
Part Four Waggle dancer
Part Five Well At World’s End
Revision of drafts underway, completed work proposed publication date end2014/early 2015