So when I took my family to the cottage the other week, I needed a book for the beach. And as much as I like hardcovers, they’re just not great to lug around at the beach and be tossed in bags next to sun tan lotion and towels. So I checked my TBR pile and saw THE PATRIOT WITCH sitting on the table–glinting at me as if the sunlight from the window caught it just so.
Perfect, I thought. This will do splendidly.
And splendidly it did.
THE PATRIOT WITCH is a great romp through the beginning stages of the American Revolutionary War, but with a twist:
Witchcraft!
From the back cover:
The year is 1775. On the surface, Proctor Brown appears to be an ordinary young man working the family farm in New England. He is a minuteman, a member of the local militia, determined to defend the rights of the colonies. Yet Proctor is so much more. Magic is in his blood, a dark secret passed down from generation to generation. But Proctor’s mother has taught him to hide his talents, lest he be labeled a witch and find himself dangling at the end of a rope.
A chance encounter with an arrogant British officer bearing magic of his own catapults Proctor out of his comfortable existence and into the adventure of a lifetime, as resistance sparks rebellion and rebellion becomes revolution. Now, even as he fights alongside his fellow patriots from Lexington to Bunker Hill, Proctor finds himself enmeshed in a war of a different sort—a secret war of magic against magic, witch against witch, with the stakes not only the independence of a young nation but the future of humanity itself.
Now I must be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of historical fiction. I prefer to read non-fiction for my history. But THE PATRIOT WITCH intrigued me, and so I dove in. And it did not disappoint. It moves along at a good click, right from the first chapter; has great battles, tension, plot twists and twists of fate, and a burgeoning love story–all set to the raging historical backdrop of the American War of Independance. Oh, and there are zombies. Yes, ZOMBIES!
How can you go wrong with that? Well, you can’t. Plain and simple. And it is the first book of an already complete and published series, titled The Traitor to the Crown. THE PATRIOT WITCH continues with A SPELL FOR THE REVOLUTION and concludes in THE DEMON REDCOAT, both of which I’m eagerly anticipating.
Great job Charlie!
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