The Akasha Chronicles
Book 1
Emily’s House
Natalie Wright
EMILY’S HOUSE
Copyright © 2011, 2013 by Natalie Wright
Published by Boadicea Press 2011.
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Edition: November, 2013
For Sarah.
Also by Natalie Wright
Emily’s Trial: Book 2 of the
Akasha Chronicles
Contents
Also by Natalie Wright
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
PART ONE
Prologue
1. A RUN-IN WITH MURIEL THE MEAN
2. EMILY’S VISITOR
3. SAORLA
4. THE WEDDING
5. CATHAÍR’S BAD NEWS
6. SORCHA
7. THE ORDER OF BRIGHID
8. THE DARK ONE COMES
9. MARCH TO THE SACRED GROVE
10. LIANHAN SÍDHE
11. BATTLE FOR THE SACRED GROVE
12. SAORLA AT THE WELL
13. THE END OF THE ORDER OF BRIGHID
14. SEARCH FOR THE TORC
15. PUZZLES
16. ESCAPE FROM MURIEL THE MEAN
PART TWO
17. TO FAIR ÉRIE
18 THE INN
19. THINGS GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
20. MONASTERBOICE
21. ON THE RUN
22. ZOMBIE MAN WAKES
23. LIAM SEARCHES FOR CLUES
24. EMILY’S SEARCH FOR THE SACRED WELL
25. EMILY AND THE NETHERWORLD
26. AND LIAM MAKES THREE AGAIN92
27. EMILY’S FIRST MASTER
28. MADAME WONG
29. BREATHE
30. RIDING THE WAVES
31. WHY I HATE BAMBOO
32. SLICING AND DICING
33. SWORD OF THE ORDER
34. THE THREE LITTLE NINJAS
35. THE KILLING TIME
36. THE DARKEST WOODS
37. AKASHA
PART THREE
38. UMBRA NIHILI
39. MACHA’S PROMISE
40. DUGHALL WAKES
41. THE FACE IN THE BUCKET
42. THE MACHINE
43. DUGHALL’S STORY
44. A PROMISE
45. DUGHALL’S REVENGE
46. PIECING IT TOGETHER IN DUBLIN
47. A PRESENT FOR MISS EMILY
48. EMILY’S SECOND MASTER
49. THE DUGHALL ENIGMA
50. PUT YOUR BOAT IN
51. THE SLIPPERY SLOPES OF TIME
52. DUGHALL AT THE LHC
53. HOSPITALITY, CERN STYLE
54. DUGHALL AT CERN
55. STUCK INSIDE A TIN CAN
56. DUGHALL’S PLAN IN ACTION
57. ESCAPE FROM THE TIN CAN
58. DUGHALL AND THE PORTAL
59. HIS DEEPEST DESIRE
60. AFTERNOON AT THE HORROR MOVIES
61. EMILY MEETS A BLACK HOLE
62. CLICK YOUR HEELS THREE TIMES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Characters:
Bian Sídhe – BAN shee
Brighid – BREE id
Cathaír – KA heer
Cian – KEE in
Cormac – KUR a mac
Dectire – deck TIR ra
Dughall – DU gal
Lianhan Sídhe – LAN an shee
Macha – MASH a
Ruaidrí – RU a ree
Saorla – SAYR la
Sídhe – Shay
Sorcha – SOR kha
Places:
Loughcrew – LOCK crew
Slieve na Caillaigh – sl-EE-ve na CAL-i
Umbra Nihili – UM bra NEE Lee
Other:
Anam Cara – uh -nam kar-uh
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whosoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.
– Albert Einstein