The Good Hawk
Shadow Skye: Book #1
- By: Joseph Elliott
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong & Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Description
2021 Audie Award Winner for Best Middle Grade Audiobook
In a mythic Scotland, two unlikely heroes must make a dangerous journey to save their people.
Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who protects her people by patrolling the high walls of their island home. She is proud of her job, though some in her clan whisper that it is meant to keep her out of the way because of the condition she was born with. Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. Worse, he’s been chosen for a duty that the clan hasn’t required for generations: to marry. The elders won’t say why they have promised him to a girl in a neighboring clan, but there are rumors of approaching danger. When disaster strikes and the clan is kidnapped, it is up to Agatha and Jaime to travel across the haunted mainland of Scotia to Norveg, with help along the way from a clan of nomadic Highland bull riders and the many animals who are drawn to Agatha’s extraordinary gift of communication. Thrilling and dark yet rich with humor and compassion, this is the first book in the Shadow Skye trilogy, written by a wonderful new voice in fantasy and introducing a welcome new kind of hero.
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Shadow Skye Series

The Good Hawk
By: Joseph Elliott
Narrated by: Gary Furlong & Fiona Hardingham
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
2021 Audie Award Winner for Best Middle Grade Audiobook
In a mythic Scotland, two unlikely heroes must make a dangerous journey to save their people.
Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who protects her people by patrolling the high walls of their island home. She is proud of her job, though some in her clan whisper that it is meant to keep her... Read more »
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The Good Hawk
By: Joseph Elliott
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham & Gary Furlong
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
If everything was taken from you, what would you do to get it back? Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime is a reluctant Angler, full of self-doubt and afraid of the sea. When disaster strikes, the pair must embark on a terrifying... Read more »
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The Broken Raven
By: Joseph Elliott
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Gary Furlong & Nina Yndis
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The extraordinary second book in the epic Shadow Skye trilogy. In a world of shadows, hope can be found... Agatha and Jaime have rescued their clan and returned home to Skye as heroes. But when Agatha uncovers a threat to their people, she unwittingly releases a terrible power that could kill every living thing on the island. Jaime must race... Read more »
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