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Moon Summoned

Three Moon Summoned women. Ashiera the Seer who controls the winds and sees into the thoughts of others. Dian the Warrior who controls fire and fights with the sword. Egeria the Healer who controls fluids and heals those who are injured. They are joined in their battle by Sieper a sailor who knows the winds, Kobe once sworn to the Lord of Shadows and Jetan a healer of animals. These three vow to help the three women against those sworn to Evil.

Lugal the Cabal reads the winds and thoughts. Sargon the Gladius controls fire and the armies of the Lord of Shadow. Lugal the Cabal has knowledge of herbs and uses them for evil. These three with their cohorts will face the three and three sworn to the Mistress of the Moons.

Editorial Review: Janet Lane Walters has written a story that will take you to another time and place. She gives vivid descriptions of her characters and their role in this story. Ms. Walters has constructed a civilization so real that you will feel its very existence. A place where men rule women as chattel for their sexual needs, and three evil rulers who drain their bodies of their very essence for spells and to gain power. There is betrayal and treachery inside of plots, as each priest plans to rule alone. Ashiera, Egeria, and Dian are bound to the spirits of the ones who came before them. They discover a truth that will astound them, and have them doubting their chosen path. They will experience a love that is forbidden and discover that two stand together better than one. I could feel the emotional struggle between love and destiny, described so passionately by the author. I hope Ms. Walters plans to continue this story. I could feel that this is just the beginning of this tale. Janet Walters book, Moon Bright, Moon Dark will go on my keeper shelf, beside such authors as Charlotte Boyett-Compo and Nancy Gideon. I give this story Five Hearts and recommend it highly. Enjoy!

Healwoman

Born under a dark moon, Norna has to battle rumors that she is tainted by evil and unworthy of being anything more than a servant. Discarded by her mother, she runs away from her aunt, a priestess who wants her to enter the temple.
Instead, Norna chooses to be a Healwoman, and a chance encounter with a novice hoping to be a priest helps her discover she has talents of water, air and fire at her disposal. With these gifts she is called on to battle treachery and attempts to prevent the promised prophecy of the god and goddess. As she battles evil powers, she loses her heart to Shandor, the man she met when her journey first began. She must come to grips with Britha who plots against her. Shandor has his own enemy Vorgan. When the pair of foes unite, the battles begin.

 Nilos

Return to the world where Midra and Midran rule. The god and goddess have two faces. Midra is Mistrees on the Moon and also Mistress of the Dark. Midran is Lord of light and Lord of shadows. Rons ago, the Three and Three rose, Seer, Warrior, Healer defeated the Lord of Shadows, though remnants of his worshipers remain. As generations pass in the four nomes of the land only a few remain to honor the Mistress. Once again the followers of Midran prevail, leaving trouble to roil beneath the surface. Prophecies abound and many point to change. Will the Three and Three come again?

In Nilos, Healwomen have become only midwives. Their hodara lies in ruins on the bank of the Nilos River in the city of Memphos. Only a few women come for training and remain in the city. Others serve in the highlands and on the desert. The Eldest, she who rules the midwives, sets upon a scheme fo bring the Three to life and to rule the nome.

What will happen when the Eldest sets her plan into action? Will there be just three women or will they find their opposites becoming the fabled Three and Three? Who will rule the changes to come?

A bit more on the new covers. While Healwoman had a really nice cover, it didn't connect to the series so once again, the new cover was born. I think these covers are great.

Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters

 Meander 1 - When does teasing become bullying? This has become for me something I have been thinking about and I think I've been bullied. I've been a published author since 1968 and have an extensive back list. I have also been retired from nursing for many years. One or more people have taken to saying I write books with the speed of light. This isn't true and I have said on a number of occasions I do not like this. The response is "I'm just teasing." If I say this bothers me why do these people continue to say this. I'm to the point where I want to draw back from the entire group though there are not many who say the above about my writing. What I do is sit down and write every day going over my goal for the day. I also have as many hours during the day to write. I do not dilly dally. I plan my stories and it takes weeks to months depending on the length of the story. As to the comments, I will confront the person who is the major culprit. Does she really admire me? Of this I am not sure. But when teasing continues after a person states they do not like this, it becomes bullying. This I really believe.

Meander 2 - Have covers for two of my re-released books but can't print them out. Tried but this failed.

Meander 3 - Typing Rekindled Dreams a story about Cancer heroine who was a nurse and hated the job and an Aries cop who can't tolerate incompetent bosses. They are re-connecting after 10 years. She is seven months divorced and nine months pregnant. He walked away after their high school graduation because she wouldn't have sex. She also married his cousin who was his enemy. Can they find love again?

Am drafting the final story in the Amber Chronicles about a prince who loves music more than anything and the witch who wants him to love her. If he refuses he will be sent to another world. This story is called The Amber Cage.