Karlin

By Rowan Laurel Flynn

Rowan stands on the cliff watching the sea and wants to be part of its freedom to come and go as it pleases.

A bird appears and as the moon breaks apart it leads her to Karlin who shows her how to love and prepare for eternal life beyond the moon.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rowan Laurel Flynn
• Release date: Nov 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386623502

Rowan Laurel Flynn

Rowan lives in north east England and uses the north Yorkshire coastline as the settings for her stories. When she isn't writing she likes to visit York, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay and other Yorkshire villages. Her interests are playing with trainsets and growing herbs.

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Prologue

AS THE OLD LADY STIRRED the vegetable and herb broth in the large copper pan which was hanging on a hook above the open fire, she looked down at her grandson with affection.  He was only eight years old and her favourite one of all.  His older siblings had less and less time for their old granny as they had gotten older but Little Karlin as she called him, loved to hear her tales of yore.  Tonight though, she was going to tell him something special that would stay in his memory for all time.  But he had been told that he must eat his good and nourishing meal first.

Sit yourself down Little Karlin, she began as she picked up an old clay bowl from the fire hearth and blew out the ash that had fallen into it.  Would you like some of that bread I made with your soup?

He nodded shyly and helped himself to a slice that she had cut into thick doorsteps earlier.  He sat down on his very own three legged stool by the fire and she handed him his bowl which he managed to balance on his little knees before breaking his bread into  small  chunks and tucking in without slurping. 

Thank you very much Granny, he said politely after swallowing the first spoonful.  She smiled at him and patted him gently on the top of his head.   He had such a pleasant and