Ladies first on this occasion, as Frost Magazine has a look at two novels just launched.
Homecoming by Iona Carroll is the third in the series about Oisin Kelly, but is quite definitely a stand alone story too, so don’t be put off if you haven’t read the first two.
It is written with lyricism – about memories I suppose. How they sneak into our minds and lurk ready to ambush us. Memories we have to address, comes to terms with.
Oisin Kelly has embedded himself in the outback Queensland town of Kilgoolga when a Vietnam veteran enters his life. Both men suffer from post traumatic stress, and it asserts itself sometimes similarly, sometimes not. As the memories surface, always carried on a lyrical wave or writing, Oisin Kelly begins to wonder, or so I though, what is the point of life? But more – where is his true home? And is love or submission to darkness the answer to the path he must follow.
Evocative lyrical writing, creating an environment you can smell and see, and with an eye to the traditional structure of a novel. With author Iona Carroll we feel we are in safe hands and tackling a subject that Frost Magazine supports, in its association withthe charity Words for the Wounded.
Homecoming by Iona Carroll.
Launching also is The Parth Path by Oliver Eade
Oliver Eade won the Words for the Wounded Georgina Hawtrey-Woore Award Fiction for Yong Adults category with The Kelpie’s Eyes, and here is his latest novel for young adults.
Set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland dominated by women, Peter escapes from a mancamp, hoping to reach the island with Rea, a beautiful clonie. The dastardly truth is… Should I tell you?
Oh, well, I’ll spill just a few beans, for you need to read The Part Path in all its glory to find out what really happens. Is this journey something that Peter and Rea have really decided upon, or are they being manipulated? If so, by whom? Who to trust in other words? A real teaser.
As with The Kelpie’s Eyes, this has a firm plot, an imaginative grasp of concepts which I would struggle to conjure up. Clever, clever. Written with pace and verve.
The Parth Path by Oliver Eade