Jill Whalen – författare

What makes a man? Is it his age, or his size, or his mettle? Meet a man of seven years that thousands of men swore sword fealty to. A prophesy about honor is fulfilled by a boy who found a signet ring and returned it to the McLeod clan. A boy dreaming of honor, riches, and glory in far off lands gets more than he bargained for. Find out about the sword that only belongs to heroes.

These Celtic people lived exciting lives. For a little while step into the past of your ancestors. Be a part of the daring with a sword and a brain.

Join their anguish, happiness, anger, and passion as they find their true love. Why was mead invented by a woman scholar? Who were the first citizen and citizeness of the Swiss?

The Celtic men and women were exciting and sometimes ruthless people who lived on the edge, but all of them looked for love just like we do. Step back in time and put yourself there.

Not all warriors had swords; some of them went to battle with a stick, or a knife, or a quarterstaff. They usually left the battle with an assortment of loot including swords, armor, chain mail, horses, and gold.

The stresses and strains of migrating bound them together and tore them apart. Find out how the Beautiful People sowed the seeds of their own destruction. Meet the ugly man that Persia was named for. Migrate with Scythia, Luxor, and Media.

Take yourself on these journeys; become connected to your past.

In these short stories you will see the human side of daring men as they try to make their place in the world.

Find out why The Khorassan Road was set up. Travel to Samarkand with Timur. Conquer the desert scorpion. Be in the Golden Horde with Mulcha, the Circassian son of Genghis Kahn. Go around the world with a bard. Go to Peru and see the garden of jewels. Find out how a man crippled at two made a fortune. Who was the founder of Tyre? Was Ateea the most feared man on the continent?

These stories will connect you to a time of simpler living when the bold ruled over what they wanted out of life.

One thing Celts do not do is give up. Whatever the situation, whatever the time period, these people grab the nearest weapon and charge right into danger. It is in their blood. You might think you have outmaneuvered them today, and even tomorrow, but sooner or later they will get what they want out of life. Join them in their adventures; go back in time for a little while and connect with those who came before.

Celtic clans came from all over to settle here. Join them in theseshort tales.

JILL WHALEN is a graduate of Millikin University and a memberof Mensa. She writes the family folk tales from her home in thebeautiful Missouri Ozarks.

These short tales are about the trials, successes, and failures of Celtic traders around the world. Go with them to the city of the trader Samark; visit Constantinople; meet the cheater, Fin; watch a young man build a trade empire from pink coral.

Some traders were in a hierarchy where they had to claw their way to the top. Other men became traders out of necessity. Cheap goods at one place are very valuable at another. You have to know your market. You dont take jewels to trade at a turnip festival. Follow the trades of everything including snake skins, furs, salt, pearls, rubies, spices, and feathers.