THE CHRONICLES OF OGUS
The
Chronicles of Ogus are a series of novels
that have been
written by Ian Leitch,
and illustrated by Yuri Leitch; father and son.
Book one was published in May 2021 and it is now available as a large fine-art collectable hardback, and as an ebook; just click on the banners below.
Book one has 280 pages; which include twenty full-page illustrations by Yuri.
All twenty
illustrations are available as fine-art prints,
and they can be viewed in their own online gallery,
on Fine Art America.
Click the image below to be taken to that gallery.
Book one tells
the story of a Neolithic man, Ogus the
flint-knapper,
and his wolf companion, Iacub.
The story begins in the natural landscape of what will become,
many thousands of years later,
the abbey town of Tewkesbury; in Gloucestershire, England.
Ogus, feeling the call of his ancestral roots,
embarks upon a great journey to the islands of Orkney;
and slowly becomes aware that he has actually died along the way.
The reader follows Ogus and his contemplations as he transitions from being a mortal human into being a sidhe - an immortal spirit - a 'Child of Light'.
His journey takes him across the River Severn into Wales and up to Anglesey;
then on past the Isle of Man into the Western Isles; and then to Orkney.
Then, via sidhe-flight, to many other places.
A truly epic adventure; encountering gods and goddesses, Celtic heroes,
and many sacred sites that can still be visited in the modern era.
The following map illustrates the journey of Ogus in book one.
Of the original twenty illustrations, five have been sold and fifteen are still available;
to help finance the production of books two, three, and four.
The fifteen drawings remaining are shown below.
These drawings cost £350 each, for which you'll also get a copy of book two
of the Chronicles of Ogus, and your name printed inside.
'BEITHE' ~ for Birch: Andach and his Coracle.
'FEARN' ~ for Alder: Saved from Troubled Waters.
'SAILLE' ~ for Willow: Letting Go of Love.
'UATHA' ~ for Hawthorn: Pistyll Rhaeadr.
'DUIR' ~ for Oak: Oisin's Cave.
'TINNE' ~ for Holly: The Green Man.
'COLL' ~ for Hazel: Ogma.
'QUERT' ~ for Apple: The Apple of Seduction.
'MUIN' ~ for Vine: The Final Breath.
'GORT' ~ for Ivy: The Golden Chain.
'NGETAL' ~ for Broom: Blodeuwedd.
'RUIS' ~ for Elder: The Grand Dame.
'UR' ~ for Heather: Stoking the Fire.
'EADHADH' ~ for Aspen: The Morrigan.
'IDHO' ~ for Yew: Yule Wheel.
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