Westermead: Historian's Compendium Edition

This over-sized limited edition is truly one for the archives. The volume is 8.5 x 11 inches large with a sewn binding, acid-free paper and a bonded leather cover foil stamped with the Westermead insignia. The book also comes with a ribbon marker.

In addition to the extra material listed below, following is a description of WESTERMEAD along with a table of contents:

The ways of old merge with the magical and fantastic in this wondrous world. Experience Westermead’s thaw and awakening season by season, the lush heat of summer's passion and the retreat into winter’s desolate embrace. Come celebrate and mourn with the people of Westermead as they make their way through a world steeped both in beauty and dread.

More than just a collection of tales, Westermead brings to life an enchanted country where the supernatural is as natural as the sunrise. Follow the intrepid documentarians, Purdy and Beech, on their hunt for the fearsome Frost Mare. Learn the secret of the stranger whose life little Melly saved in Four Bronze Sisters. Face The Mask of Black Tears alongside Mullein Wick while he fights for his sister's release from servitude.

This new mythology is ripe with unique characters, spiced with folkways and mixed throughout with a deep respect for all things natural. Given storytelling this vibrant, it is both easy and thrilling to get lost in Thomas’ unique landscape.

Table of contents:

• Spring
• The Green Boy
• Calling the Water
• Four Bronze Sisters
• Lore of Northern Stones
• Summer
• The Frost Mare
• Rare Creatures of Westermead
• The Powder Men
• The Thatcher's Cat
• Radley Birchcroft's Decapitation
• Autumn
• Memories of Balance-Tide
• Recipes for Warm Keep
• Spider Hill
• The Soldier and the Cryptie
• The Mask of Black Tears
• Some Famous Hauntings
• Winter
• The Winter Women
• The Woman Who Cried Birds
• The Crow Tree
• Home to Broomwood

Extra material that comes with the Historian's Compendium Edition:

• This Historian's Compendium contains the complete collection of Westermead tales sprinkled throughout with countless extra tidbits from anecdotes and historical information to songs, lullabies, recipes, customs and descriptions of the people and ways of this mysterious island.
• Lushly illustrated with vegetation and creatures native to Westermead this volume even includes some drawings by the author himself as well as a rare map of the territory.
• Limited to only 150 copies, each signed and numbered by the author.
• Just as the lore in Westermead has been handed down from generation to generation, so can this book be passed down between generations.

Limited to 150 signed and numbered copies