Daughter of Black Lake is a literary fiction book by author Cathy Marie Buchanan.
In a world of pagan traditions and deeply rooted love, a girl in danger must save her family and community.
In a northern foggy quagmire surrounded by woodland and wheat fields, a settlement was out of reach of the invading Romans hundreds of miles to the southeast. Honor Mother Earth, who will provide at harvest time. A girl named Devout matures, sweetly flirting with the boy she’s been with her whole life and envisioning a future filled with love and abundance.
17 years later, the Famine brought the struggle, and the outsiders, with their foreign policy and military might, arrived at their doorstep. For Devout’s young daughter, life is more complicated than her mother ever anticipated. But this girl has an extraordinary gift. As worlds collide and danger threatens, it’s up to her to save her family and community.
