The Hunted - Jeff Wheeler

A young womans burgeoning powers make her Muirwoods most wanted in a breathtaking novel by Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Druid.Eilean is rising. A foundling raised in an abbey, she was entrusted by its imprisoned druid, Mordaunt, with an ancient tome. Its magical words can change the world. Eileans first mission: translate it. Her second: rescue a benevolent Aldermaston sentenced to death as a heretic by the High Seer. But wielding power, knowledge, and ambition has now made Eilean the hunted.In pursuit is Captain Hoel Evnissyen, an inquisitor in service to the High Seers demands. His objective is to track Eilean and steal Mordaunts invaluable work. But Hoels quest soon yields a fascination with the woman hes been ordered to pursue. When an invasion begins and the world erupts in chaos, Eilean and Hoel find themselves bound by their mutual wills to survive and, against all odds, realize they are not each others enemy.But now Eilean must decide who is friend and who is foe. Especially when the powerful tome falls into the wrong hands. The closer Eilean and Hoel get, the nearer they are to realizing the part they must play in their kingdoms destinyand its ties to Eileans own mysterious past.