I then joined Oxfam as a lobbyist on conflict issues, campaigning at the UN and with governments to lessen the impact of conflict on civilians living in war zones - a cause about which I still feel very passionate. On leaving Poland, I exchanged diplomacy for academia and took a doctorate in the literature of the English Romantic Period at Oxford. My work as a diplomat took me from the high point of town twinning in the Tatra Mountains to the low of inspecting the bottom of a Silesian coal mine. After reading English at Cambridge, I decided to find out as much as I could about the wider world so joined the Foreign Office and served in Poland. I grew up on the edge of Epping Forest and was that dreamy kind of child who was always writing stories. But how can Connie help anyone, even herself, when she hasn't learned how to use her powers? In this second book of The Companions Quartet, Connie and her friends team together again to protect the fragile bonds between humans, creatures, and the world we must share.My journey to becoming an author has been a roundabout one, taking in many other careers.
Connie's great gift also puts her in great danger, as the evil shape-shifter Kullervo needs her power to destroy the Society, once and for all.
What they don't realize is that Connie is the Society's most important member-she is the only universal companion able to bond with all mythical creatures. Think upon this when the privilege and power of your status makes you boastful." Connie Lionheart's great-aunt and uncle try to take her away from the tantalizing reach of the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures. Even the humble snail with its shell can claim as much. We can defend ourselves, but nothing more.
Without our companion creatures, we are nothing. "The most important thing that you must know when setting out on your voyage of discovery is that universals are weak.
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