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Hekla’s Children
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Hekla’s Children
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Publisher's Summary
A decade ago, teacher Nathan Brookes saw four of his students walk up a hill and vanish. Only one returned, Olivia, starved, terrified, and with no memory of where she’d been. Questioned by the police but released for lack of evidence, Nathan spent the years trying to forget.
When a body is found in the same ancient woodland where they disappeared, it is first believed to be one of the missing children but is soon identified as a Bronze Age warrior, nothing more than an archaeological curiosity. Yet Nathan starts to have horrific visions of the students, alive but trapped. Then Olivia reappears, desperate that the warrior’s body be returned to the earth - for he is the only thing keeping a terrible evil at bay.
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- Madam Moose
- 29-12-2021
Enjoyed for Free
The take on the story is incredibly interesting, the British version of standing stones. I had sadness for the characters but the ending was satisfying. Knocked a star off as at times its tricky to get past some of the voices and pronunciations even up to the end of the book when you normally sink into a rhythm of things. I would not count this as a horror novel, maybe a fantasy thriller more than anything.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-02-2023
A Thoroughly British Fantasy Thriller
The book is fabulously compelling, a huge story with brave and beautiful and occasionally absurd characters. Davies' dry and nuanced narration makes this a completely immersive experience with the perfect amount of resigned humour and 'what the fuck' factor.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-04-2022
Not for me
Interesting idea, but bit of a disjointed story. I found I didn’t really care at all about the fate of any character. It was amusing that some of the female characters were voiced so they sounded like Baldrick, though.
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- Dee L
- 02-11-2022
Wonderful
This author is amazing and this was narrated wonderfully. I’ve enjoyed this so very much.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-2023
Great dark fantasy read
I tried it as it was apart of the membership not thinking much, and adored it. great compelling story, lots of character depth. cannot wait to read his other works.
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- Nawwal
- 05-01-2023
Lost interest
To be fair, I was only half listening but this couldn't hold my attention. luckily, it was free.
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