The Magical World of the Seasons Weaver

In this my Leonberger blog I sometimes post about topics other than Leonbergers, including non-Leonberger books that I like and want to promote, and this is one of those. With this post I would like to promote a wonderful fantasy novel, called Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver by D. Wallace Peach. Below I am giving some information about the paperback and Kindle version of the book.

  • Paperback –  Independently published (January 2, 2025), ASIN : B0DNXKS4D4, ISBN-13 : 979-8300966072, 308 pages, Item Weight : 1.17 pounds, dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches, it cost $12.00 on US Amazon. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
  • Kindle – Independently published (January 2, 2025), ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DMKLLW9C, 310 pages. It is currently $3.99 on Amazon.com and free with Kindle unlimited. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
The front cover features the title and the author, and trees and plants with the different colors of the seasons. A woman, the Seasons Weaver can be seen amongst foliage.
Front cover of the Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver. Click on the image to go to the Amazon page for the paperback version of the book.

Amazon Description of Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver

“Already the animals starve. Soon the bonemen will follow, the Moss Folk and woodlings, the watermaids and humans. Then the charmed will fade. And all who will roam a dead world are dead things. Until they too vanish for lack of remembering. Still, Weaver, it is not too late.”

In the frost-kissed cottage where the changing seasons are spun, Erith wears the Weaver’s mantle, a title that tests her mortal, halfling magic. As the equinox looms, her first tapestry nears completion—a breathtaking ode to spring. She journeys to the charmed isle of Innishold to release the beauty of nature’s awakening across the land.

But human hunters have defiled the enchanted forest and slaughtered winter’s white wolves. Enraged by the trespass, the Winter King seizes Erith’s tapestry and locks her within his ice-bound palace. Here, where comfort and warmth are mere glamours, she may weave only winter until every mortal village succumbs to starvation, ice, and the gray wraiths haunting the snow.

With humanity’s fate on a perilous edge, Erith must break free of the king’s grasp and unravel a legacy of secrets. In a charmed court where illusions hold sway, allies matter, foremost among them, the Autumn Prince. Immortal and beguiling, he offers a tantalizing future she has only imagined, one she will never possess—unless she claims her extraordinary power to weave life from the brink of death.

In the lyrical fantasy tradition of Margaret Rogerson and Holly Black, D. Wallace Peach spins a spellbinding tale of magic, resilience, and the transformative potency of tales—a tapestry woven with peril and hope set against the frigid backdrop of an eternal winter.

My Amazon Review of Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver

Weaving Fantastic Tales of Magic Creatures

I don’t read a lot of books in the fantasy genre but when I was a teenager, I read C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels (Hobbit, Lord of the Ring, etc.) I’ve never lost my fascination for fantasy, and I still frequently read science fiction novels. I am so happy I came across this delightful read. It is a great novel for older children, young adults and adults alike.

In Erith’s world there are humans and animals as well as magical beings said to be charmed. For the most part they stay on the Isle of Innishold in the lake of Dryftweel. There is an enchanted forest and four kingdoms, winter, spring, summer, and autumn. The charmed often have magical powers, and some of them look scary and some of them are dangerous. Erith, who is part human and part charmed, a halfling, has a unique skill and a unique job, and that is to weave the seasons. She is a Seasons Weaver. The entire world depends on her.

One winter day human hunters defile the land of the charmed and kills the Winter King’s white wolves. The enraged Winter King decides to take revenge on all humans. He sets out to cancel spring by preventing Erith from weaving. His objective is to let winter remain until all humans are dead. This also means the death of nature and all mortal creatures. What the Winter King does not seem to understand is that it could mean the end of the charmed beings as well. Can Erith prevail against the powerful Winter King? Luckily the brave and handsome Autumn King steps up and helps her.

This is an intense and fast paced adventure filled with intrigues, magic, fierce battles, and I think several dozen different kinds of magical beings. There are amusing creatures and funny creatures such as Nobbin, huge and powerful creatures, shape shifting creatures, witches, dangerous and scary creatures, evil frog like evil creatures, and kings, and queens. In addition, there are some obvious themes. Erith must learn to trust her abilities, to be confident and find her strength, and use her wonderful imagination. She is much more powerful than she thinks she is. Her story is an inspiration for all of us.

I loved the author’s imagination and the fantastic world she is skillfully forming in the reader’s mind. I loved the captivating storytelling and the lyrical and magical prose. The author is certainly a weaver herself, a weaver of tales and imagined worlds. In the book the charmed creatures come to realize that they were dependent on human minds and belief for their existence. Is it also the other way around? A manifestation of the mental nature of reality if you will. In any case, I highly recommend this fascinating book.

Photo of the author, an overview of the author, and a description of the book
Back cover of the Seasons’ Weaver. Click on the image to go to the Amazon page for the Kindle version of the book.

About the Author of Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver

A long-time reader, best-selling author D. Wallace Peach started writing later in life when years of working in business surrendered to a full-time indulgence in the imaginative world of books. She was instantly hooked.

In addition to fantasy books, Peach’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry.

She’s an avid supporter of the arts in her local community, organizing and publishing annual anthologies of Oregon prose, poetry, and photography. Peach lives in a log cabin amongst the tall evergreens and emerald moss of Oregon’s rainforest with her husband, two owls, a horde of bats, and the occasional family of coyotes.

For book descriptions, excerpts, maps, and behind the scenes info, please visit D. Wallace Peach Books

For her blog on all things writing, please visit here

For her Amazon author’s page, please visit here

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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

126 thoughts on “The Magical World of the Seasons Weaver”

  5. What a wonderful surprise this morning, Thomas. Thank you so much for the wonderful review and presentation. And for “getting” the main theme of the book: “In the book the charmed creatures come to realize that they were dependent on human minds and belief for their existence. Is it also the other way around? A manifestation of the mental nature of reality if you will.” The power of perception/imagination to manifest reality is something that I think about a lot!  On a personal and global scale. It’s why we need Superfacts. 🙂

    Thank you for reading, my friend, and for taking the time to review and share. I’m honored. Have a great week. 😀

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  9. I just finished reading Jacqui Murray’s post about Diana’s book. I have an unusual habit of reading two books at the same time. Well, not simultaneously, but you get the drift. When I read Diana’s books, I only focus on one as her stories are so compelling I have a hard time putting them down.

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    1. I just saw you at Jacqui’s, Pete. Lol. I’m shadowing you! Thanks for swinging by Thomas’s place too. He kindly wrote a wonderful review. And thanks for the super comment. I hope this one grabs your attention and doesn’t let go. 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much Robbie. Yes it brought to mind the Chronicles of Narnia as well as some other fantasy books for me too. When I was a kid I read some old Swedish fantasy literature with magical creatures and it reminded me of that too.

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        1. I don’t know why I never read it. Perhaps because I didn’t read “anything” until I was about 14, and I read my father’s fantasy paperbacks for the most part. Narnia just wasn’t part of his collection. It would be fun to read now, I think. 🙂

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            1. I think I was just a little “old” for HP and my daughter was a little young (age 4) – plus I was a single mom and working a bazillion hours. There were a bunch of years where I had no time to read at all. And they were big books!

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    2. Lol. I take it from the comments that you are making reading choices for your human. 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by Thomas’s to read his review. In this book, there are humans who take animal form. I’d love to be able to do that! Have a lovely week.

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  16. Thank you for sharing Diane’s amazing book… I ordered her book and it is sat on my book shelves awaiting to be read, after I finish the book I am presently reading… Your wonderful review has made me all the more eager to get started on reading it..

    Thank you for sharing Thomas

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    2. Thank you so much for swinging by Thomas’s and reading his review, Sue. I’m tickled that you have the book on your shelf. 🙂 I hope you enjoy the story whenever it heads your way. Have a beautiful week and Happy Reading. ❤

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      1. Thank you Diane… I have thumbed through it and I have already read the Prologue, and I am very excited to begin to reading it.
        Colleen recommended it, and after reading the Prologue, I KNOW I will love it and will be sure to tell you when I have finished it 😀 Thank you, and thank you to Thomas for a great review…
        Much love to you both xx ❤

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  17. Wonderful review, Thomas. I really enjoyed this book and the magical world. I loved meeting all they magical and charmed beings. I will definitely be checking out some of her other fantasy stories.

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    2. Thank you so much for the kind comment, Gary. About The Ferryman… and this book. This one has far more magic than anything I’ve written before, which made it more challenging to write. But I had a great time and, of course, loved Thomas’s review. Have a wonderful week.

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      1. That sounds like a book that I’d enjoy, Thomas. I think reality is completely tied up with perception, expectation, and emotion. The interesting thing about that, is we can change it if we decide to. That’s a lot of responsibility – more than I think many people want to bear.

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        1. I believe you are right Daiana. I should say that the book “The Idea of the World, the mental nature of reality” presented an interesting hypothesis and many good plausible arguments. However, I gave it three stars because the author made some really strong claims about having proven his theory beyond reasonable doubt and he attacked people he called materialists and physicalists. I don’t like it when people are too sure of themselves. Otherwise his thinking was interesting.

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          1. Yeah, that’s sometimes hard to take because there’s so much nuance. I saw the power of perspective a lot when I worked as a counselor. Most of my work was helping people change their minds about themselves and their children. There was a lot of defeatist thinking and blaming others.

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    2. I think it’s true about our folklore, as well as about our ancestors. If we don’t tell their stories, if we don’t remember them, they vanish from existence. That’s one of the reasons why your folklore stories are so mesmerizing. They keep it all alive and it inspires other storytellers. Thanks so much for stopping by Thomas’s to read his review. It was a good one and warmed my author’s heart. 🙂

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  23. What a wonderful review! I can understand a king being angry at the human hunters for defiling the enchanted forest and killing the wolves, but I guess he overreacted. I am drawn to “Erith must learn to trust her abilities, to be confident and find her strength, and use her wonderful imagination. She is much more powerful than she thinks she is.” I look forward to reading Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver.

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