About
Donna K.Fitch is a professional illuminator of alternate realities, a writer of thefantastic for the amusement of herself and others since junior high. During herlate career as an academic librarian, she published several scholarly articlesin peer-reviewed journals, and edited her late stepfather’s The Thematic Catalogueof the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel (Scarecrow Press). She now spendsher working days as a web designer and her Sundays as a worship leader for asmall congregation. She spends her spare time (what little of it she has)writing paranormal fiction. Donna recently published Second Death, aparanormal thriller, a short story "Quantum Critique," and a novella,The Color of Darkness. An avid pen-and-paper roleplaying gamer, Donnahas published several gaming supplements, including Imperial Age: Faeriesfor Adamant Publishing, co-written with Scott Carter. Donna lives in suburbanAlabama with her husband Thomas and three cats: Nala, Alice and Sophie.
Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
I conceived of the idea for this book during physical therapy after a fall at work. I had to lie for 20 minutes at a time with electrical stimulation on my injured shoulder. Somehow the image popped in my mind of a Confederate soldier being pursued through the woods as he struggled to get back home to his sick wife. As a librarian, I had access to a wide variety of research sources. I took this kernel of an idea and spun it into this tale of a man whose family is cursed, and the strange visions he experiences that lead him to the truth about his ancestors.
