Witchy Winter, D.J. Butler
Witchy Winter, D.J. Butler
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Witchy Winter

Author: D.J. Butler

Narrator: Courtney Patterson

Unabridged: 24 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal


Synopsis

Sarah Calhoun paid a hard price for her entry onto the stage of the Empire's politics, but she survived. Now she rides north into the Ohio and her father's kingdom, Cahokia. To win the Serpent Throne, she'll have to defeat seven other candidates, win over the kingdom's regent, and learn the will of a hidden goddess—while mastering her people's inscrutable ways and watching her own back.

In New Orleans, a new and unorthodox priest arises to plague the chevalier and embody the curse of the murdered Bishop Ukwu. He battles the chevalier's ordinary forces as well as a troop of Old World mamelukes for control of the city and the mouth of the great Mississippi River. Dodging between these rival titans, a crew of Catalan pirates—whose captain was once a close associate of Mad Hannah Penn—grapples with the chevalier over the fate of one of their mates.

Meanwhile, a failed ceremony and a sick infant send the Anishinaabe hunter Ma'iingan on a journey across the Empire to Cavalier Johnsland, to a troubled foster child named Nathaniel. Ma'iingan is promised that Nathaniel is a mighty healer and can save his imperiled baby, but first Nathaniel—a pale young man with a twisted ear who hears the voices of unseen beings—must himself be rescued, from oppression, imprisonment, and madness.

About D.J. Butler

D. J. Butler grew up in swamps, deserts, and mountains. After messing around for years with the practice of law, he finally got serious and turned to his lifelong passion of storytelling. He now writes adventure stories for all ages, plays guitar, and spends as much time as he can with his family. He is the author of City of the Saints, Rock Band Fights Evil, Space Eldritch, and Crecheling from Wordfire Press; Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter from Baen; The Cunning Man and The Jupiter Knife with coauthor Aaron Michael Ritchey; In the Palace of Shadow and Joy as well as Between Princesses and Other Jobs; and Abbott in Darkness.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pat

Beasts find redemption, a queen seeks a throne, and lady pirates care for others I read the first book in this series, 'Witchy Eye', last year, but the occasion for reading this book was its' selection as a finalist in the 'Best Alternate History Novel' category for the 2018 Dragon Award. This review......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

(cross-posted on Amazon) "Tour de force" is not a phrase I use lightly, after more than 60 years of reading, but it applies to "Witchy Winter". I thought that "Witchy Eye", its predecessor, was excellent and inventive -- and it is -- but 'Winter' pulls together a staggering amount of sources, backgro......more

Goodreads review by CJ

Too. Many. Narrators. The first book had seven, and this one added TEN MORE. And ONLY subtracted two narrators from the previous one. So this one alternated between FIFTEEN points of view! It was hard to care about the new characters, especially as you were rotated through several narrators before c......more

Goodreads review by Susan

DJ Butler’s (Q and A) second installment in the Witchy Eye Series, Witchy Winter has protagonist Sarah Calhoun continuing her journey where she left off from the end of the first installment in the series, Witchy Eye. If you have not read Witchy Eye, I suggest you don’t read any further. There aren’......more

Goodreads review by Darren

The only thing that kept this book from being perfect for me was the huge amount of story lines. I thought the New Orleans ones got shortchanged in the last third of the book. Loved the Mamelukes, and Ma’iingan's sense of humor.......more