The Icera Stone

I have loaded up two chapters to date, and will up load other chapters in due course, subject to demand.

The Prologue (uploaded 16 July 2003)
Chapter 5 The Brewery (uploaded 28 June 2003)

Prologue – 1000BC
Priestess Icera has been newly crowned Queen of the May. She witnesses the arrival of a star that falls from the heavens and almost destroys the Wildenfolk, the Celtic tribe to whom she belongs. However, they see it as an affirmation from the gods of her status as ‘the chosen one’.

Chapter One
The action moves to the present day.
It is the eve of May. The Ooser, a personification of the Horned One, the ancient Celtic god, parades through the village of Witchbury at the mid-day Beltane Ceremony. Erica experiences an awakening through a primitive power.

Chapter Two
Vicky rescues her from her predicament and they become friends, and through a Tarot reading, Vicky tells her fortune. She foretells that Erica will make a discovery, and also that in some way, two pieces that have been separated, will be reunited.

Background
Erica Janus has been married for twenty years to Simon, who has been newly elected, as the local Member of Parliament. Erica, and as a consequence, has returned to live in Dorset, the county of her birth. The homecoming releases from within her, a deep affinity with the ancient landscape. Unfortunately, this also coincides with a loss of affinity for Simon, and she starts to question the state of her marriage.

While out walking with her dog, at the Lady Pool in the Oakenland, Erica discovers an unusual and mysterious crystal and her adventures begin.

If you have any questions about the overall nature of the book or individual points you would wish to develop separately from the comments on the lists, please let me know on here or through EMail and I am happy to answer any queries.

Andrew


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Here is a link to the web site for the Icera Stone. It will be further developed over the coming weeks.

http://www.theicerastone.com/

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please note: the Wildenfolk tribe have been renamed the Hendas

Andrew, I can't find the latest instalment - where the heck is it?

Nell

The Prologue (uploaded 16 July 2003) can be found by...

method 1
go to my WW profile page and in the list of work I have up loaded click on the Prologue

or

method 2
click on the numbers at the bottom of the 'recently added' section, until you get to 16 July 2003,


or

method 3
as you have already commented on it, you could click on the title next to your comment on your own profile page

Hope you find it again

Andrew )

http://www.writewords.org.uk/archive/1010.asp#4452

alternatively, does it work to click on the link above...?

Chapters 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 are yet to be up loaded

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All chapters up to and including Chapter 7 are now uploaded (current as of 25 October 2003)

Get a move on

Andrew, sorry, I thought you'd uploaded MORE. As Ellie says - get a blessed move on!

Ok, now due to popular overwhelming demand, I have uploaded Chapter 1, which is over 10,000 words. It has for humanitarian reasons been divided into three. (I was having visions of Nell's dog cross-legged with an expression of pained anticipation, at yet again discovering his walk was being postponed.)

Andrew )

If you cant find Chapter One, click on the links below and you should be taken there like magic.

The Icera Stone - The Awakening (Chapter 1- Part 1 of 3)
http://www.writewords.org.uk/archive/1061.asp

The Icera Stone - The Awakening (Chapter 1- Part 2 of 3)
http://www.writewords.org.uk/archive/1064.asp

The Icera Stone - The Awakening (Chapter 1- Part 3 of 3)
http://www.writewords.org.uk/archive/1065.asp

Andrew, Spike would not tolerate being made to wait, he'd come and give me a tender little bite on the lower calf!

Spike sounds a very Dickensian name, or is he named after Spike Milligan?

A )

He's a rescue dog from the RSPCA - he had so many problems when I had him that although I didn't love the name at the time I couldn't give him an extra one by changing it. It really suits him though - he has a spunky little character - a bit of a lad - and his coat culminates in a sort of spiky ruff either side of his neck where two directions of hair meet. I just love him!

Maybe youll find a crystal while out with Spike, Nell ...

Everyone and anyone, I was going to ask a question...

re Icera and Erica?

has anyone spotted anything?

Andrew

I hadn't, Andrew, but I see now that it's an anagram.

Well done Nell

I am pleased that no one mentioned that one straight away, at least that means it is well enough hidden and not too obvious.

Thanks

A )