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Minotaur Books
March 2015
On Sale: March 17, 2015
Featuring: Hildegard
ISBN: 1250058864
EAN: 9781250058867
Kindle: B00NKBEFXY
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Mystery Historical
Hildegard, no longer a member of the Cistercian order of
nuns, has returned to the priory after more than a year from
her pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Still
unsure whether she will rejoin the Order, the Prioress
suggests that a visit to Handale Priory might help provide
some clarity. Used as a house of correction for sinning
nuns, it lies in the north of the county in the middle of a
vast wood and is run by the ambiguous Abbess Basilda and her
close group of hard-faced acolytes. While walking about the grounds, Hildegard discovers the
corpse of a young man in the morgue. His body bears deep
gashes from neck to groin. His wounds appear to be the
ravages of claws, but larger than any animal Hildegard knows
of. Is it possible that the young man was killed by a
dragon, as Hildegard's been told? Of course, Hildegard does
not believe in dragons, and despite being warned against it,
she goes for a walk in the woods. There she discovers a
secret tower, locked and barred, with armed men on guard. What is so valuable that it needs such protection? Has it
anything to do with the mystery of the young man's death?
And why have assassins been pursuing the King's courier
across the savage moor land only to murder him at a lonely
wayside tavern? Hildegard risks all dangers to seek out the
truth. The Dragon of Handale is the fourth novel in Cassandra
Clark's acclaimed mystery series set in the 14th century.
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