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Dr. Charlie Knight fears life is passing him by. He's in his late thirties, and treading water as a family doctor in the same small town he grew up in. Just as he's planning his escape, something changes. He develops a gift, an extraordinary insight for any doctor: a sense of exactly how many days his patients have left to live. But in a country town like Marwick, his patients are his friends. His own family. The people he grew up with, and the girl he still loves. And Charlie discovers this gift may not be a gift at all.

In this series debut of a fantasy adventure for all ages, a young nymph finds herself trying to decipher a set of runes that hold the key to unlocking the book she carries…Along with the knowledge kept within it. The task she has been asked to fulfill takes her on a trek north, and she quickly finds herself immersed in the world of Viking folklore. As she begins to discover the meaning of the script etched into the cover of the book, she realizes that she has been caught in the sights of a God’s quest for vengeance, and that those who are pursuing her have no intention of offering mercy.

Magical realism meets historical fiction in this epic novel, loosely based on real events occurring in the first years of white incursion into South Australia from the 1830s to the 1870s. From Ireland to the land that would become Australia, Nature's Fool crosses oceans, lands, and time in its exploration of identity, place, and belonging.