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The Guarded Circle
The Guarded Circle
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The Guarded Circle: Ahna and the Goddess of Sustainability
Forty-five hundred years ago clans of marauding horse nomads obliterated a peaceful, widespread, long-established and completely sustainable agricultural community in Europe.
Conflict between these cultures forms the backdrop for Ahnaʼs coming of age. At fourteen the statuesque golden blonde beauty has all the men drooling, but she is more interested in persuading her father to let her race her young mare than in marriage. Reality is about to come down on her like one of their double-walled tents collapsing in a high wind. In the next few moons she is faced with multiple life-threatening situations, all without even the right to be heard.
Ahna responds on her own terms, learning from the farmers, healing those she can help, and trying to thwart the dominant forces of greed and violence. Her story is comparable to those of Jean Auelʼs Ayla or the Gearsʼ heroines. It is directly relevant to the ongoing conflict between folks who want to restore our sustainable world and those who insist that earth's resources are limitless and its all right to take whatever you want; the war between sharing and selfishness.
This story was published briefly in July 2011 under the title "The Takers: Ahna", before being withdrawn for a final edit and a new title and cover.
Forty-five hundred years ago clans of marauding horse nomads obliterated a peaceful, widespread, long-established and completely sustainable agricultural community in Europe.
Conflict between these cultures forms the backdrop for Ahnaʼs coming of age. At fourteen the statuesque golden blonde beauty has all the men drooling, but she is more interested in persuading her father to let her race her young mare than in marriage. Reality is about to come down on her like one of their double-walled tents collapsing in a high wind. In the next few moons she is faced with multiple life-threatening situations, all without even the right to be heard.
Ahna responds on her own terms, learning from the farmers, healing those she can help, and trying to thwart the dominant forces of greed and violence. Her story is comparable to those of Jean Auelʼs Ayla or the Gearsʼ heroines. It is directly relevant to the ongoing conflict between folks who want to restore our sustainable world and those who insist that earth's resources are limitless and its all right to take whatever you want; the war between sharing and selfishness.
This story was published briefly in July 2011 under the title "The Takers: Ahna", before being withdrawn for a final edit and a new title and cover.
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