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Precocious nine-year-old Sister Agnes is a menace. She has already survived a kidnapping, jail, and life inside the cloister. The Black Death should be no different.
But when the feared pestilence reaches her tiny English village of Eatonbury, little Agnes joins forces with three exhausted Plague Doctors on a desperate quest to defeat a disease no one can cure. Armed with dubious medieval medicine, experimental potions, bad decisions, and alarming amounts of ale, they begin searching for a way to stop a killer that is swallowing half of Europe.
But something ancient is stirring in the surrounding forest, and it knows our tiny nun has a secret. Soon their unlikely alliance will draw in a disgraced Templar knight, an unhinged woodland fae with an attitude problem, and forces that will push the limits of medicine, faith and friendship.
Beneath all the plague masks and woodland magic, The Plague Doctor & The Littlest Sister is a love letter to first responders. Then and now.
During my recent travels to the UK, I learned more about the physicians, clergy, and ordinary people who cared for the sick and dying during centuries when there were few answers and even fewer remedies. The more I researched Yersinia pestis, the more my awe grew. We are here today because THEY fought this great mortality.
Inevitably, I thought about our own recent pandemic, and those who kept showing up.
I also thought about the first responders and medical professionals who, years later, were there when my son needed them.
Sometimes you cannot fix everything. Sometimes you cannot even know whether what you are doing will be enough.
This little story is for those who show up anyway.
*Cover art was created by author with Canva
*Showcase images are a combination of Canva templates that may contain AI elements (Chatgpt)
Beneath all the plague masks and woodland magic, The Plague Doctor & The Littlest Sister is a love letter to first responders. Then and now.
During my recent travels to the UK, I learned more about the physicians, clergy, and ordinary people who cared for the sick a...
