Hopskotch and the Golden Cicada

By Martin Vine
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Published: Dec. 30, 2010
Words: 128,615 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780646547695

Short description

The colours of Broken Meadow have faded. Their skies are blanketed in permanent cloud. Some pray to the absent god for help, but Aethelron does not answer, long since departed from their world. And as their collective memories fail, most folk don’t even recognise anything amiss. Except our hero Hopskotch Pestle, whose dreams are filled with visions of the Broken Meadow that should be.

Extended description

Broken Meadow, Year of Foundation: 836
For the children of Broken Meadow nothing is as it should be. In the classroom they are taught that they are descended from refugees of the Scouring, a cataclysmic war that destroyed the city of Sanufell – the last stronghold of the Delgardian age. Now they live in a world smaller by far, encircled by a fog barrier maintained by an ancient magic.
But the walls protecting them have begun to close in. The colours of Broken Meadow have faded and their skies are blanketed in a thick layer of permanent cloud. No living Sylt has ever seen the sun, indeed, the word for it no longer exists in their language. Out of desperation some pray to the absent god for help, but Aethelron does not answer, long since departed from their world. And as the memories of the meadow folk begin to fail, the majority don’t even recognise anything amiss.
And yet, our hero Hopskotch Pestle sees things others do not - dream visions of the Broken Meadow that should be, al.. (Read more) Broken Meadow, Year of Foundation: 836
For the children of Broken Meadow nothing is as it should be. In the classroom they are taught that they are descended from refugees of the Scouring, a cataclysmic war that destroyed the city of Sanufell – the last stronghold of the Delgardian age. Now they live in a world smaller by far, encircled by a fog barrier maintained by an ancient magic.
But the walls protecting them have begun to close in. The colours of Broken Meadow have faded and their skies are blanketed in a thick layer of permanent cloud. No living Sylt has ever seen the sun, indeed, the word for it no longer exists in their language. Out of desperation some pray to the absent god for help, but Aethelron does not answer, long since departed from their world. And as the memories of the meadow folk begin to fail, the majority don’t even recognise anything amiss.
And yet, our hero Hopskotch Pestle sees things others do not - dream visions of the Broken Meadow that should be, alive with colour, smells and sounds unimaginable to his fellows.
Burdened with the knowledge, Hopskotch is driven to return with something special from the annual cicada hunt – a fabled creature of legend with the power to unlock the shackles of grey binding the lands and minds of Broken Meadow. For this hunt falls on the cusp of a very special anniversary: the birth cycle of the Golden Duke cicada.
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childhood, adventure, fantasy, magic, fantasy book, hero fantasy

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