The Woodcarver's Secret

Name: The Woodcarver's Secret
Brand: Books In Motion
Availability: InStock
Author: Connie Shelton
ISBN: 9781614537809

Author: Connie Shelton

Narrator: Andrea Bates

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Books In Motion

Published: 10/06/2015

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

For John Carver, a simple Celtic wood worker, life is a struggle to feed his family. Then one summer day, as he walks past a near-dead alder tree, lightning strikes. With the shattered tree lying all around him, Carver pulls himself up and decides to make the best of ithe takes the usable pieces to his workshop. From the shards of that dead tree John creates three boxes. Then the unexplained happensshortly after handling one of them, Johns touch brings his young son back from the brink of death. When the second box demonstrates an opposite tendency, toward the dark side, Carver is terrified that witch-hunters will learn of the boxes and their mystical powers. Eager to rid himself of the artifacts and desperate for money, he sells the three boxes. As they are taken by three very different buyersa common Englishman, a worldly merchant and a bishopJohn feels a foreboding about the future. From the 13th century, the boxes travel the world, eventually drawing the attention of two rival organizations, each with very different motives and methods for gaining what they want. Reminiscent of The Red Violin in scope, this historical novel follows the three boxes to the 21st century and confrontation between the two factions. The Woodcarvers Secret is the prequel and companion novel to Connie Sheltons Samantha Sweet paranormal mystery series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Byron on April 23, 2015

Here we have a historical novel about three characters named Virtu, Facinor & Manichee, and their wonderful adventures through the crises, wars, social upheavals and human progress of five centuries. Of course no humans live through five centuries, but then these three characters aren’t human: they’......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 14, 2016

I really wanted to like this book but I just thought that it was too bland. Some parts were pretty exciting but most of the time this book didn't grab my attention. I understand that this is more of a companion book to give you a better background about the boxes but I just didn't find it that great......more

Goodreads review by Connie on January 14, 2024

Okay, yes, this is my own book. I'm posting a review to share a little extra info because fans have asked a lot about my Samantha Sweet series and wondered where the magical wooden box came from. I had written several books in the series when I began to wonder the same thing. Surely the box had a hi......more

Goodreads review by Carlin on July 04, 2018

A fascinating journey following the history of three wooden boxes from their creation by a woodcarver in the 12th century to the present. One of the boxes is obtained by Samantha Sweet in book #1 of the mystery series of the same name and is featured in each of the ten books in the series. Samantha'......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on November 21, 2024

This will tell you all you ever wanted to know about the magical boxes in Ms. Shelton's Samantha Sweet series. Maybe even a bit more than you wanted to know. From 1500s Ireland to the present day USA this is the full history of what happened to the boxes and the people who used them. Lots of history......more