The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

He banished Maia and later sent her to a remote abbey, supposedly to save her people, but she discovers that his purpose seemed to deliberately infect her with possession as a Hetaera. Another work - The Lost Abbey, first produced as a graphic novel and then released as a novella-length story - is set just prior to this trilogy.Ĭovenant of Muirwood focuses on Lia’s descendant Maia, whose father, a king, put aside his Maston vows and forsook his marriage to Maia’s mother. The second series, Covenant of Muirwood, also features three novel-length works: Banished of Muirwood, The Ciphers of Muirwood and The Void of Muirwood. Lia grows and gains ability in a world beset by political upheaval, and her status as a “wretched” threatens to separate her from the man she loves, a Maston from a powerful family.

This status is significant because a person’s strength in the Medium is predicted by the strength of their parents. They tell the story of Lia, abandoned at birth at Muirwood and raised at Muirwood as a “wretched” - so-called because her parentage is unknown. The first series, Legends of Muirwood, consists of three books: The Wretched of Muirwood, The Blight of Muirwood and The Scourge of Muirwood. The harmonious force of the Medium is pitted against evil beings called the “Myriad Ones.” Women who pledge themselves to the Myriad Ones’ queen are possessed and become “Hetaera.” On my Winter Reads reading log for Jackson County Library Services: Jeff Wheeler’s Muirwood series centers around a medieval abbey on a world similar to ours, where a religious order whose priests are called “Mastons” live in harmony with a spiritual force called the Medium.

The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler