The Arrival of MissivesAliya WhiteleyLabel: Titan Books LtdDescription: From the award-winning author of The Beauty Aliya Whiteley comes a genre-defying story of fate free-will and the choices we make in life. One of the most original and haunting stories I have read in recent years. Nina Allan author of The RiftIn the aftermath of the Great War Shirley Fearn dreams of challenging the conventions of rural England where life is as predictable as the changing of the seasons.The scarred veteran Mr. Tiller left disfigured by an impossible accident on the battlefields of France brings with him a message: part prophecy part warning. Will it prevent her mastering her own destiny?As the village prepares for the annual May Day celebrations where a new queen will be crowned and the future will be reborn again Shirley must choose: change or renewal?
