Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan

So excited for Cathy Marie Buchanan’s new novel, DAUGHTER OF BLACK LAKE, out today! 

Here’s the description:

It’s the season of Fallow, in the first century A.D. In a northern misty bog surrounded by woodlands and wheat fields, a settlement lies far beyond the reach of the Romans invading hundreds of miles to the southeast. Here, life is simple–or so it seems to the tightly knit community. Sow. Reap. Honor Mother Earth, who will provide at harvest time. A girl named Devout comes of age, sweetly flirting with the young man she’s tilled alongside all her life, and envisions a future of love and abundance. Seventeen years later, though, the settlement is a changed place. Famine has brought struggle, and outsiders, with their foreign ways and military might, have arrived at the doorstep. For Devout’s young daughter, life is more troubled than her mother ever anticipated. But this girl has an extraordinary gift. As worlds collide and peril threatens, it will be up to her to save them all.

Set in a time long forgotten, Daughter of Black Lake brings the ancient world to life and introduces us to an unforgettable family facing an unimaginable trial.

It’s an Entertainment Weekly Best Books to Read This Fall pick and Parade Magazine named it Fall’s Best New Historical Fiction. It’s also perfectly designed to help you hide from the world and get in some good reading time.