Finding the Way: Book One: The Seekers Series

by Cindy Burkart Maynard, Historium Press

A coming of age journey along the Camino de Santiago in medieval Spain.

Book One in the Seekers Series

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In 1250 AD, in an obscure corner of northeastern Spain at the foot of the Pyrenees, ancient

Basque traditions collide with the onslaught of Christianity. Amika, a young Basque girl on the

brink of adulthood and her mother, a healer, awake in the night to the howls of an angry mob

approaching their hut. Torches fly and their hut goes up in flames. The rabid throng drags her

mother away to be burned at the stake as a witch. Amika flees in terror into the forest. A Wise

Woman of the ancient tradition rescues her and initiates Amika into the Old Ways. Soon they

too are hunted down and jailed, doomed to suffer the same fate as Amika's mother. A

sympathetic priest frees Amika, but as the price of her freedom he sends her on a quest to walk

the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage route across northern Spain. Along the way

Amika encounters danger, hardship, and fear before she meets the man and child with whom

she will share her future.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2023

About the author

Cindy Burkart Maynard is passionate for history and the natural world. Her characters come to life showing the reader what it was like to live in another time and place. She has published four historical fiction novels and is two nonfiction works about the Colorado Plateau and the desert southwest.

https://www.cindyburkartmaynard.com/


Winner:
Colorado Authors League award for Western literature
WILLA Finalist Award for soft cover fiction.
Marie M. Irvine award for Literary Excellence
Chanticleer National Book Award
Top Shelf Book award
Reader's Favorite Five Star Award

Reviews

[AK McConnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were things I loved about this book and there were things that could have been executed better. The story itself was captivating — the historical time periods, the elements of blending dark and light aspects of Christianity and paganism. Spiritual vs personal growth. Found family. These are some of my favorite tropes!
The language is eloquent and the descriptions are beautiful. I found myself really appreciating the writing style of the author.
The only “complaints” I have are about a few spelling mistakes and consistency errors that’s could have been fixed with an editor or beta readers. Nothing that really took away from the story, but were a bit confusing for the reader. I enjoyed this!

[N.H. Schwabacher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this immersive Camino story.

How I found this book:
I love non-fiction and memoir about the many Caminos (the Kerry Camino, the Portuguese Way, the Camino Freances and the Norte - all fascinating, all on my hiking wishlist) but I also wanted to find historical fiction where the journey on the Camino plays an integral part. That's how I found Cindy Burkart Maynard's FINDING THE WAY.

What I loved:
The history of Spain's Pyrenees region, medieval village life, memorable characters, suspense and drama, along with an emphasis on the herbal and healing arts, all of it creates a vivid backdrop to the story of Amika and her pilgrimage through life, and through many hardships.