Spiral: Book One of the Spiral in Time (69 page)

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THE PEOPLE OF
SPIRAL IN TIME

Those noted thus * are acknowledged by historians/or living

Prologue

Mick Aston, Druid, pub owner and new Grand Druid of The Ancient Order of the British Druids

Jemmy Aston (James), Mick’s younger brother and ex-Special Air Services soldier

Ian, shovelbum and antiquities thief

Robbie, Ian’s tag-along friend

Merlin Fitzwater, former Grand Druid of The Ancient Order of the British Druids

Part I: Germaine 2006 AD

Germaine O’Neill, an archaeologist of Celtic History

Jack O’Neill, her father and a noted archaeologist

Aunt Edie, Germaine’s guardian and Jack O’Neill’s sister

Nigel Mallory, Dean of School of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Moira McKenna, an anthropologist at University of Dublin

Sir Aubrey Clarke, Germaine’s mentor and surrogate father

Julian, Germaine’s ex-husband

Conan Ryan, owner of Brittania, Ltd, a rescue archaeology company

*Dr. Bryan Sykes, author of
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

Nicholas L. Greenwood, Director of Tavistock Farm, a reconstructed Iron-age farm

Lord Dorset, Charles Peregrine Sackville, 15th Earl of Dorset

Part II: Sabrann, 5
^th
Century BC

Duro ap Durot, original Àraid (chief) of the Durot clan

Vivienne, his first wife

Derbhorgill, her daughter

Ramach, a Druid who serves Derbhorgill

Elen, Duro ap Durot’s second wife and mother of Caradoc and Cathbad

Caradoc, current Àraid (chief) of the Durot clan and King of all the Durotriges

Cathbad, Druid and Caradoc’s twin brother

Lady Moigh, foster mother to Caradoc

Broicsech, a soothsayer woman

Sabrann ap Durot, daughter and heir of Caradoc

Sirona, Sabrann’s mother, a former slave and Caradoc’s wife

Rosmerta, Sirona’s sister and Druidess of Brigantu

Maigrid of Tamar, Elen’s cousin and Sabrann’s foster mother

Glas, Maigrid’s son

Culain, a smith, and Maigrid’s husband

Lorc cù-luirg, Gaesatae warrior

Talan, a fisherman on the Tamar River

Part III: The Astarte

*Lord Himilco Mago, Admiral of the Western Seas and of the
Astarte

Captain Adonibaal, captain of the
Astarte

Carloi the Navigator, an old Tartessian seaman

Akmu-en-Swnw, an Egyptian and physician-priest of the goddess
Sekhmet

Isis, rowing master and sometimes cook

*Hero, aka Herodotus of Halicarnassus, scribe, storyteller, and political refugee

*Midacritus, a fisherman from Massalia

Part IV: At the Venetis

Vodenix, king of the Veneti tribes

Mailart, trader and Vodenix’s brother

Mor, queen of the Veneti and Vodenix’s wife

Part V: On the Ocean

See Part III – the
Astarte

Part VI: Carthage

*Himilco Mago, Admiral of the Western Seas and the
Astarte

*Hanno Mago, Himilco’s half-brother and Admiral of the Eastern Sea

*Gisco Mago, Himilco’s half brother and a noted lawyer of Carthage

*Hamilcar Mago, Admiral and father of the Mago brothers

Jezebaal, mother of Hanno and Gisco

Lavinia, Himilco’s mother, an Etruscan

Rab-Kohamin, High Priest of Carthage

Elissa-Maris, 14
^th
Queen Elissa of Carthage

Elissa-Ayzebal, 13
^th
Queen Elissa of Carthage

Tawe, a prostitute in Astarte’s Temple

England, 2006 AD

Dr. Ramachandra, a neurologist

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It might seem enough to give heartfelt, verbal thanks, which I have, but written declarations like the following live on beyond mere spoken words. I sincerely hope so, for this story would not have become the book in your hands without the help and support of these people.

First of all, to Bryan Sykes, Genetic Archaeologist and Professor of Human Genetics, University of Oxford, for his generous permission to be included as a character in
Spiral
, and whose book,
The Seven Daughters of Eve
, opened my eyes to the world of mitochondrial DNA and women’s role in tracing our genetic ancestry. His work provided critical elements that added shape and depth to my story of a Celtic Druid girl and her modern-day descendant.

To Juliet Waldron, author and supportive mentor to a novice who “just wanted to write historical fiction,” and had yet to learn the craft and travel the long road from first idea to finished novel—thank you for all your patience and advice over the years.

To my wonderful daughters whose faith in me is unending—Renata, who
always
encouraged me and learned more about Druids and Iron Age England than she ever wanted to know, and Clari, who never once questioned my wisdom or sanity in choosing this path, even as it continued for years without any apparent end in sight.

To Diana Alrich, for enduring all those early morning phone calls (and many others) where I talked endlessly about people who existed only in my head.

To Abbie Cotrell, for always gently reminding me what was most important was the process.

To Dr. Nicolle Hirschfeld, Nautical Archeologist and Assistant Professor of Classical studies at Trinity University, who graciously provided early encouragement and research sources as I searched for information on 5
^th
century BC Phoenician sailing ships.

And to the extraordinary members of my writing group: Linda Shuler, John Green, Doris Townsend, Barbara Smith, and Florence Weinberg, for wise and kind-hearted critiques.

Finally, a much deserved thanks to Cindy Vallar who edited this tale from its unruly beginning to the final end, and gave such excellent advice. Any errors that remain are, of course, my own and, hopefully, forgiven.

Spiral
Copyright © 2013 by Judith Schara

Adapted excerpts from
The Seven Daughters of Eve
by permission of the author, Dr. Bryan Sykes.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved under International Copyright Law. Contents and/or cover may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the express written consent of the Publisher.

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