[La Dame sans terre 01] • Les Chemins De La Bête

“The season of the beast was near. . . .”

1304\. The King of France and the Church are locked in a battle for power that

will also decide the fate of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller.

Meanwhile in the Normandy countryside, young widow Agnès de Souarcy, the

beautiful lady of the manor, is fighting to retain her independent way of

life, aware that her spiteful half-brother will do anything to destroy her.

These two different worlds collide in the forest near Souarcy, where a

terrifying creature begins to kill and mutilate a succession of monks on their

way to deliver a secret message of momentous importance.

In the first _Agnès de Souarcy Chronicle_ , Andrea Japp offers the reader a

fast-paced, multi-layered mystery within a richly imagined portrait of

medieval France.

_The Season of the Beast_ was previously published in France as _La Dame sans

terre 1: Les Chemins de la Bête_ (Calmann-Lévy, 2006).