A String in the Harp by Bond Nancy

Author:Bond, Nancy [Bond, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2012-06-19T00:00:00+00:00

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The Key throbbed with excitement. It sang a fierce, joyous battle song, drowning Peter in its frenzy. The wind from the north was Maelgwn, sweeping out of Gwynedd, leaping the Dyfi as if it were no more than a trickle, challenging Gwyddno’s hastily formed army to do battle on Cors Fochno. There was no modern ritual out there, no celebration—there was war. Peter knew it but could tell no one. Who would believe him if he said that in the sixth century two armies had fought each other on Borth Bog and that was what they were seeing now?

Taliesin’s voice rose above the uproar, chanting strange Cymric words that pounded and sang in Peter’s head. Taliesin was urging the men of the Cors to hold their ground, to do their utmost against the odds.

All night the wind continued to scream unabated. The curtains in the front bedroom stayed shut, but neither Jen nor Becky slept well. Lying awake in the seething dark, Jen heard Becky turn restlessly, and once she heard David come to their door and pause, then go downstairs. To Peter, she supposed. She clung grimly to what her father had said about the lights on the Bog—that they were real and could be explained away sensibly. She had to believe that . . .

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