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the farm - it was now all his, held in trust till he was twenty-one. But it would still be in trust. that's what it meant to own the farm - you held it in trust, you looked after it, you cherished it. You were the guardian, like all the other guardians, stretching back in time...the boundaries were more than lines on a map. Boundaries shifted in the gorge, till there were no boundaries at all, the lines between different times and different people so indistinct that everything seemed to merge. there is danger - the land is calling him and Martin must walk the boundaries again. What will he find on his journey In this sequel to Walking the Boundaries Martin finds the shifting boundaries take him further than he could have imagined - deep into the future and further into the past. Ages 10+
Martin must navigate the shifting, temporal boundaries of his family farm to fulfill his role as a guardian of the land. As the sole heir to the property, Martin discovers that ownership is not merely a legal status but a profound responsibility to the past and future. When the land begins to call him, he is pulled into a series of temporal displacements that force him to confront the history of the gorge and the legacy of those who came before him. The narrative follows his struggle to reconcile his modern identity with the ancient, fluid nature of the landscape that defies conventional time.
This work is characterized by its focus on the intersection of environmental stewardship and speculative fiction. The narrative structure suggests a preoccupation with the fluidity of time and the weight of ancestral legacy. Readers likely encounter a contemplative tone that prioritizes the relationship between the protagonist and the physical environment over traditional action-oriented tropes. The text functions as an exploration of how historical identity informs contemporary existence, positioning the land itself as the primary catalyst for the protagonist's development.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
1996-01-01
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson
ISBN-10:
0207187460
ISBN-13:
9780207187469
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