A book that feels like opening a long-lost journal by candlelight — gentle, knowing, and quietly impossible to put down.
A Novel by
Dawn Davies
The Wandering Cartographer
A story drawn from the roads less travelled — Norfolk to Oxford, Cardiff to a village called Beguildy.
Begin the Journey →About The Author
The Woman Behind the Map
Dawn Davies, author
About The Book
The Wandering Cartographer
On Eagles Wings
Some stories are mapped long before they are written. This is one of them.
In “On Eagles Wings” by Dawn Davies, a mysterious floating door appears in ten-year-old Paul’s bedroom. Stepping through, he finds himself in Elenair, a future Earth in 3039, scarred by environmental collapse and terrorized by Elevion, the Lord of Darkness.
Alone and afraid, Paul befriends Gaius, a local boy who has lost everything, and Joy, a wise talking horse. Guided by Erendor, the majestic eagle and Lord of Light, they embark on a perilous quest filled with hidden cities, enchanted gifts, dark caves, and treacherous encounters. Armed with courage, truth, and hope, the unlikely heroes must confront evil, restore the stolen river, and free the captives, discovering that even the smallest child can bring light into the greatest darkness.
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A cinematic glimpse into the landscapes, libraries and quiet Welsh hills that shaped the novel.
Chapter III
Whispers from Readers
Dawn Devies writes the way cartographers used to draw coastlines: with care, with wonder, and with the patience of someone who has actually been there.
There is a tender, second-chance quality to this novel that will stay with anyone who ever set a dream aside to look after the people they love.
From the Journal
Notes Between the Lines
How a Village Called Beguildy Became the First Page
On the strange alchemy of place, silence, and finally sitting down to write the book that had been waiting for thirty years.
Read essay →Why I Never Owned a Television (And What I Read Instead)
A childhood spent between RAF bases, raised on Tolkien, Christie, and the quiet conviction that stories could take you anywhere.
Read essay →Returning to the Manuscript After the Children Have Grown
On the particular courage of reopening a draft you abandoned a lifetime ago — and finding, between the lines, a younger you still waiting.
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