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I cannot remember the name of the book nor the author and this is basically my last resort, ive been trying to find it on and off since middle school and have been unsuccessful.
a kid is out with his parents (either at a dig site with his dad or at a picnic with him) and stumbles upon an arrowhead leftover from a war. the kid touches it and pricks his finger on it while also absorbing a sliver of the arrowhead and gains the power to absorb powers from other people (I can't remember if he has to kill them or not), he ends up falling in love with a snake demon lady? but she never reciprocates. and her dad was also the one the war was about. at the end of the book the evil guy goes back in time and changes history and that's how the book ends.

Current Mood: anxious

sannedavies

Also posted on goodreads.
Read in 2022. Published sometime between 1970-2010 I think. Could be wrong but I think it was a beige hardcover with the title in a generic blue serif.

Set in medieval Europe?

Begins with a boy living in a rural town and his mother/grandmother/aunt? His has a weird name like Chestnut or something. She's telling him he needs to go out and find his place in the world. He goes into his town, where theres some man accusing him of failing to return a tool or something, which the boy denies. Theres something about a chicken in here somewhere. He leaves town, and meets up with two monks, which one is nicknamed something like 'Brother Girthy' for his size. They plan to go to the capital where the king lives, and ask him for something?

Theres something about war coming, or a hostile neighbor pushing borders. But the king isn't doing anything about it because he's obsessed with this noblewoman that doesn't want anything to do with him. Theres an old, blind wizard who hangs around the castle, blinded in a 'loathly lady' situation. The protag goes to the wizard, the wizard points him to the noblewoman, she just doesn't want anything to do with the king, doesn't love him.

The enemy arrives, and the protag and monks go to try and negotiate/resolve the hostility, but it doesn't work. Theres some visceral moment between the protag and another character here. Something about dragons? The enemy won't leave. The protag returns to the king, urging him to do something, but it doesn't work. I dont really remember after this, but I think the tension between the kingdoms does get solved somehow and some time passes.

The king is still not over the noblewoman, and he sends the protag to ask what he can change about himself to make him worthy to be desired by the noblewoman. She talks to the protag, saying that she wouldn't even love the king if he didn't have warts, or a bad foot, xyz things the king has. As the protag spends more time with her, she falls in love with him and the King is ailed from his imperfections, which the protag gains. Then they get married/are together?? But the king gets over it. Or maybe she gets married to the king, idk. But after the long stay (could have been weeks or years?) the protag leaves to back to his hometown, I think? The plot is wrapped up in a nice bow and everything, as per usual.

Thanks.

greendryad

Wow---it's been a minute. Hi, guys!

A new friend is looking for a book she read as a kid in the 1980s. She was at her grandma's house in California.

-The book was a novel/chapter book with no illustrations or pictures, much too old for her as an elementary-school kid. Ah, the things we read when we're bored out of our minds at relatives' houses.

-It was less than 100 pages long, regular novel-sized book. No oversized stuff here. It appealed to her because it was short.

-It was definitely published before the 1980s and was not set in the future.

-It had a plain cover, also with no pictures. She doesn't remember what color it was.

-It told of the life of a solitary monk in a monastery who lived in Europe, near the ocean. The monk was not a leader of any sort. She was adamant that it had no plot. It was a simple book.

What do you think?

lillysofthevalley

I have been trying to find a book again and have not had any luck searching for it so maybe y’all can help. It’s about blood and old medical science and disease so I’ll put the summary under a cut.
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princemira

Looking for a Sci-Fi book
Earth at the brink of an ecological catastrophe - polluted - ravaged by wars - was abandoned by the majority of its population who left in space ships - their society relied on technologies and they developed a military style technocracy merging with the machines becoming almost cyborgs. They build their ships from an extremely durable material "diamantee" or something along those lines.
In the meanwhile a small amount of people remained on Earth. They renounced their dependence on technologies and instead cherished the abilities within themselves such as telepathy, telekinesis etc etc - Earth managed to heal and they lived in total harmony with nature living miles apart.
At one point the departed people (technocrats) return on their ships and try to reconquer the Earth - the people with special powers who were left resit....
If anyone knows anything about the title or the author I would very much appreciate the info - I have been looking for this book about 15 years

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Trying to find this book again

Lost book! Young boy meets two monks, appeal to king, blind wizard YA Historical fantasy(?)

Solitary Monk In A European Monastery

Lost book about blood transfusion - historical fiction

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