To The Fair Land
Formats: E-Book
An 18th century thriller about a young man who risks everything in his search for a missing author, a map, and a discovery that could change the face of the known world.
In 1789 struggling writer Ben Dearlove rescues a woman from a furious Covent Garden mob. The woman is ill and in her delirium cries out the name “Miranda”. Weeks later an anonymous novel about the voyage of the Miranda to the fabled Great Southern Continent causes a sensation. Ben decides to find the author everyone is talking about. He is sure the woman can help him – but she has disappeared.
It is soon clear that Ben is involved in something more dangerous than the search for a reclusive writer. Who is the woman and what is she running from? Who is following Ben? And what is the Admiralty trying to hide? Before he can discover the shocking truth, Ben has to get out of prison, catch a thief, and bring a murderer to justice.
Reviews
To The Fair Land is a sharp, daring original story of forbidden love, good and evil, betrayal and murder. It dazzles with vigour, holding the suspence from the beginning to the last pages. It resurrects a historical period and place with an enthralling involvement, and casts a modern angle on the collision of cultures, lambasting the "civilised against primitive society" belief.
The story is unpredictable and unusual and I didn't see the twists coming...I was disappointed when I had reached the end - I didn't want it to finish!
It’s well written, the descriptions are graphic and engaging, the writing is tight and well done, and the story is a page turner. Boyce brings the period to life with excellent dialogue and fast paced action. An excellent read and an author I’ll be watching out for.
