In The Witch Who Came In From The Cold we see the city of Prague - Praha to locals - come alive behind the drama of spies and sorcerers that play out across its streets. But what makes the city such an intriguing setting? Most well known is its status as a pivotal location in the struggle between East and West during the Cold War - but something else lies along the rivers and alleys there: ley lines.
Many people believe that a grid of earth energies circles the globe, connecting important and sacred sites such as Stonehenge, the Egyptian Pyramids, and the Great Wall of China.
If you plot these and other sites on a map, a curious thing becomes apparent: Many of them can be connected by straight lines. Were these monuments and sacred sites specifically built at those locations by ancient people with lost knowledge of unknown earth energies especially strong along these "ley lines"?
People have often found special significance in the unusual landmarks and geological features surrounding them. High mountain peaks and majestic valleys may be viewed as sacred, for example, while deep, dark caves have often been considered the domain of the underworld. The same is true for roads; in 1800s on the British Isles many people believed in mysterious "fairy paths," trails connecting certain hilltops in the countryside. It was considered dangerous (or, at the very least, unwise) to walk on those paths during certain days because the wayward traveler might come upon a parade of fairies who would not take kindly to the human interruption.
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In our fantasy espionage, we learn that ley lines exist under the river Vltava, and that two powerful lines cross underneath Bar Vodnar. Where else might these lines run, and what magic may be plucked? Keep reading The Witch Who Came In From The Cold to find out!
