The Faery Chronicles
Book Two: Rescuing Gnome
Ann Brennan
Illustrated by Leland Wong-Daugherty
“Gnome is alive! He has sent us a sign!”
With this exclamation, Anglebert, King of the Johnville Faeries, sets the stage at the end of Book One for the continuing adventure of The Faery Chronicles: Book Two.
Rescuing Gnome is a fast paced account of how a team of Johnville Faeries and the Woman from the Big House on The Farm take off for the Isle of Lewis where they meet up with two Leprechauns sent to assist them in their quest.
The Standing Stones of Callanish speak and transformations occur. The Destructive Forces lurk and then strike.
Ann Brennan has crafted Book Two of The Faery Chronicles in a way that takes the reader into the heart of the human failure that has befallen the Earth. The realm of ancient myth and the role of the Druid intersect. The realm of Faery dares a specific immersion in the Human world. The fulfillment of the promise that a lost unity can be regained is on the horizon.
With her usual attunement to the unfolding story, the author has made Rescuing Gnome the dramatic middle step in The Faery Chronicles Trilogy.
About the Author
Ann Brennan holds a B.A., an M.A., and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of New Brunswick. She is a writer of social history, a novelist, a poet, and a committed environmentalist. She is a founder of the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick.
Her published work includes, The Real Klondike Kate, (1990, Goose Lane Editions), a biography of Katherine Ryan from Johnville, NB who was the first woman to complete the Stikine Trail during the Yukon Gold Rush and the first female member of the North-West Mounted Police. Ann is also the author of The Hawthorn Bush (2005 Borealis Press), a novel based on her family’s immigration to Canada from Ireland. Her most recent book of poetry, Earth Carries Spirit (2014 Chapel Street Editions) speaks to her lifelong work on behalf of a culture of peace for the Earth and all its peoples.
About the Illustrator
Leland Wong-Daugherty is an illustrator, natural-builder, and kite-maker living in New Brunswick, Canada with his wife, Tegan, and four children.
He lives in an off-grid home he designed and built, and is endeavouring to create a rural neighbourhood in the beautiful, sparsely populated area he has made his home. Tegan runs a small, arts-focused school and education centre.
Leland sells his natural cotton kites from his website: littlecloudkites.com. This is his second illustrated book.
Paperback • 180 pages • $30(CAD), $25(USD) • ISBN 978-1-988299-39-6 • Published 2021/11/30