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All families have stories. All families have history reaching back across time to the ones who came before. In the ninth century, an Irish healer rescues a Viking warrior from the sea. Can the story of Ciarnat and Thorkell reach through time and affect a sceptical 21st-century woman? A thousand years have passed since Vikings raided the coastal villages of Ireland. The names and stories of those who suffered then has been lost, falling gently into oblivion, wiped from the written record. But there’s another invisible repository of history. Tied to every strand of DNA, borne in our blood and stamped into every cell of our bodies, is a living memory of our ancestors. When Erin discovers she is pregnant, she’s thrilled but troubled by terrible nightmares. Each night she returns to the same fiery scene of a woman forced to bear witness to an unspeakable atrocity. Soon she is physically reliving experiences from centuries earlier. As past and present become inextricably entwined, a tale of violence a thousand years old threatens to repeat itself.,

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Penelope Haines became a writer when she realized she could gaze out of the window with a glass of wine in her hands and claim to be working. Her previous occupations of Nurse, Management Consultant, Parent, Farm Manager, CEO and Commercial Pilot failed to achieve this simple clarity. Her training as a nurse taught her not to kill patients; her training as a flying instructor convinced her to be patient as students attempted to kill her. Penelope’s current status as ‘alive’ is a testament to the speed of her reactions. Writing novels allows her to explore new and creative ways of murdering those who have offended her. So far, the results of that exploration have remained purely fantastical. Penelope’s interests are centered on reading, writing, theatre, music, horse-riding and skiing. She maintains she's a single-minded person, having one dog, one cat, one horse, and one husband. She lives in Otaki, New Zealand. Penelope hopes you will enjoy her novels

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