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    Somewhere a Drum Waits for Me
    Somewhere a Drum Waits for Me
    Somewhere a Drum Waits for Me
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    Somewhere a Drum Waits for Me

    By D. M. Read

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    An American engineer in West Africa encounters a visitor from the Otherworld at Samhain; a wisewoman discovers that a chair she bought in a second-hand shop possesses magical properties; a young Druid calls on his patron god, the Green Man, to help him save a redwood forest; a twelve-year-old girl undergoes a coming-of-age ritual in the Craft of the Wise; and a lawyer calls on Ma’at, the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice, to help her track down a killer.

    These and other stories will enthrall you as they show the power of magic in everyday life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateDec 5, 2014
    ISBN9781483545066
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