Its anger bodes ill for all that belong to the abbey. Something ancient and evil has awakened, something long worshipped in the oak grove cut down by the monks when they first built the abbey. Suddenly one night there is a violent shaking and parts of the church are lying in rubble.
By the end of the first book he has become bound together with Shadlok, the warrior fay, now his protector.Īs the story opens the old abbey is showing need of serious repair, repair the monks can ill afford. He is aware of the ancient ways and the spirits which held power before the coming of Christianity. It becomes apparent that Will has been gifted with the ability to see beyond the material world around him into the realms of the Old Magic. William had lost his family in a fire and has been taken in as a servant by Crowfield Abbey where he aids not only Brother Snail but also the vicious one-eyed cook, Brother Martin.
Pat Walsh's first novel, The Crowfield Curse, introduced us to William Paynel, his hairy friend and companion- the hob, Brother Walter, the compassionate crippled Brother Snail, and the fay, Shadlok. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic, 2012.
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