The Ninth Child: The new novel from the author of The Sealwoman's Gift

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The Ninth Child: The new novel from the author of The Sealwoman's Gift'WONDERFUL. ONE NEVER MESSES WITH THE FAERIES' Melanie Reid, The Times 'AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus 'A BRILLIANT TOUR DE FORCE RIVETING' Alistair Moffatt, author of The Hidden Ways 'EXTRAORDINARILY VIVID' Michelle Gallen, author of Big Girl Small Town A spellbinding novel combining Scottish folklore with hidden history, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Sally Magnusson. Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland

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an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him

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But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path

as many as 4 individuals can participate in the same round

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Avoiding unpleasant "surprises" and "hitting the brick wall"

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has been in America for less than a year - and has never actually left the five boroughs of New York