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Kindness of Strangers: A novel about miracles, friendship, and acceptance during a time of war (Life of Galen Book 3) by [Marina Pacheco]

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Trapped in a land plagued by vikings, can a small miracle be what they need to survive?

Anglo-Saxon England, 997 AD. 16-Year-old scribe, Galen, and his friend Alcuin the illuminator, are running late. Galen’s frailty has delayed their mission – to produce the most glorious book in honour of the king. They are crossing the treacherous marshes of eastern England when vikings attack.

After the battle, a child claims that Galen performed a miracle. Ill, surrounded by strangers and expecting a second viking raid at any moment, Galen struggles to understand what actually happened.

Did Galen perform a miracle? What does it mean for him and the people around him if he did? Will it even matter if they are overrun by vikings?

Kindness of Strangers is the third book in the absorbing Life of Galen historical fiction series. If you like historical detail, human dilemmas, and a heartwarming story, then you'll love Marina Pacheco’s absorbing tale.

Buy Kindness of Strangers and witness the power of miracles today!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08PFXWLMV
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 27, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1796 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 193 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1913672069

Best Sellers Rank: #387,541 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #316 in Medieval Historical Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #489 in British & Irish Literary Fiction
- #2,308 in Historical Literary Fiction

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I am a travelling author who currently lives in Lisbon, after stints in London, Johannesburg, and Bangkok. My ambition is to publish 100 books. It's a challenge I decided upon after I'd completed my 33rd book. Or I should say, my 33rd first draft. I am currently working at getting all of those first drafts into a publishable state. This is taking considerably longer than I'd anticipated! Especially as I keep getting distracted by ideas for yet more books.

I am very lucky that stories keep occurring to me, and I am able to write quite a lot in a day. Having said that, I'm a binge writer. When I'm on a roll I'll happily write three or four thousand words a day (my record was 18 000 words in one day). But I can also have months where I hardly write at all.

I am an introvert and I think that makes me quite sensitive to overstimulation. I find rollercoaster, action-packed blockbusters too stressful to read. This probably influences my writing which reviewers have described as gentle. They are the kind of books that are perfect to curl up with on the sofa on a rainy day or take to the park to read under a tree. They are feel-good stories where good triumphs over evil and the girl gets the boy with some bumps along the way.

If you want to get in touch, there’s plenty of options:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100bookschallenge/

Twitter: @marinapacheco15

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The saga of Galen and Alcuin continues

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2022

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Another volume of the journey of Galen and Alcuin tells of their fight against vikings. Will they ever make it to London? Can't wait for book 4!

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M A Hibbard

The Power of Love and Kindness in Violent Times

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 30, 2021

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Kindness of Strangers, Life of Galen Book 3
By Marina Pacheco
Reviewed August 3, 2021

Kindness of Strangers is the third book in the Life of Galen series, and picks up where book two left off. After spending time with his family, Brother Galen, his companion Brother Alcuin, and Niclas, the carter, are back on the road as they make their way to Lundunburg and King Aethelred’s court. Along the way they encounter Swidhelm, a gleeman, who joins them as during these dangerous times, there is strength in numbers.

Galen is nervous not only because he’s not physically up to such lengthy trips, but because he’s sure that many of the nobles at court will know his story. But before he ever has to face them, something else happens to disrupt their trip – a Viking raid. Caught up in a savage attack on a small burh, the four must flee...and fast. But Galen, with his disabilities, knows he will only slow down his companions and insists they leave him behind. With Vikings closing in, and knowing he is physically unable to go any further, Galen drags himself to a pile of logs where he attempts to take shelter but is certain he won’t make it out alive.

As he waits for the inevitable, he hears a little girl scream. She runs past his hiding place, trying to elude the marauders. Galen reaches out and grabs her, pulling her into the safety of his hiding place before losing consciousness.

After the battle, Alcuin searches for Galen and is joined by the local shire reeve Hasculf, who is looking for his daughter. They find Galen, more dead than alive, along with Hasculf's daughter Albreda. She claims that while they were hiding, Galen performed a miracle by healing the deformed knee she was born with.

Deathly ill and believed injured by the Vikings, Galen is nursed back to health by people he doesn't know. Surrounded by strangers (a situation that never sits well with the intensely shy Galen), and with the possibility of a second Viking raid imminent, Galen struggles to understand what happened. He know the little girl says he healed her knee, but how could he? She says it’s a miracle, but he insists he is no holy man, no saint. The people of the burh, however, beg to differ.

In Kindness of Strangers we see Galen’s personal growth continue, and in a story set during violent times, we see the power of love and kindness.

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Anne R. Marshall

Galen continues to spread kindness wherever he goes.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2020

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Kindness of Strangers, Book 3 of Life of Galen by Marina Pacheco is the nest installment for Galen. He and Alcuin have been called by the king to come to him and create his codex. They have visited Galen's parents and are now on their way, Galen in a cart provided by his father and driven by Niclas, also provided by his father, Alcuin riding his mule. All of a sudden there are Vikings in the river. The cart is stuck and Alcuin insists Galen ride with him on the mule. Galen could not do it. He fell. He begged Alcuin to go on without him. He crawled as best he could to a stack of drying logs and ensconced himself in a space where he hoped he would not been seen. As the Vikings were ripping through their belongings in the cart, a little girl ran past. Not wanting her to be captured, Galen reached out and grabbed her and pulled her close to him under his habit. He saved her. Eventually help came and took Galen back to her village.

This was an amazing look at medieval life in a village: their food, their dwellings, their superstitions, and more. Somehow the girl's disabled knee righted itself in the time she spent with Galen in the log pile, and now all are convinced he is a saint. He doesn't like it. We also get to watch the preparation for the coming battle, as the Vikings will surely strike. Pacheco is a wonderful storyteller. Galen is a modest man and she shows it in every interaction he has. As always, Alcuin is there to care for him. The stories are historic fiction but an accurate representation and very enticing for people who live this era. The story is appropriate for young readers and has a great deal to teach. I
recommend it.

I was invited to read a free ARC of Kindness of Strangers by the author. All opinions contained herein are my own.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 10, 2021

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Like the story and setting, characters are well defined. 4 books in this story and with each successive book, modern language and usage has increased. Not good, can't think why an author would do that.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2021

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I have just finished reading this, the third of three books in Pacheco's Life of Galen. In Book I, it was understandable to introduce Brother Galen as a weak, sick, and abused monk with various serious medical issues. However, the author's continued focus on these things to the partial exception of the rest of Galen's life, is a limitation. There is, however, some sense of evolution in the character of Galen, with much help from his friend Brother Alcuin and some people he meets along his travels to the king's palace. In certain parts of the book, better editing and phraseology would have been helpful. This series is a modest beginning but, with three more Life of Galen books in the offing, an expansion of focus would be helpful. The hamlet's ascription of Galen's sanctity will have to be resolved in the later works.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2021

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Wonderful book ordered and read 1 2 3 can not wait for other books. Loved this series.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2022

It was interesting to read about a male victim of sexual violence and how it was handled by those around him. Galen was cast out by his father and shunned by the monks of the monastery where he took refuge. He was wounded not only physically, but mentally. Galen was stronger than most people would be in his situation. His relationship with his father is repaired and Galen is given the chance to start his life as a scribe anew.

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La Boetie

The magic continues.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 28, 2021

I continue to be hooked on this series! When I finish one I can't wait to get started on the next one.

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castree

Pleasant read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 3, 2021

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I read all three books within 3 days. I thoroughly enjoyed them and really enjoyed the characters they became so real to me, I hope that there will be more books depicting Galen.

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