This novel has all the feisty and awe-inspiring
ingredients to be found in John's preceding books relating to
Martha - and many of the original characters remain as alive
and colourful as ever, together with several new and animated
individuals who add still more flavour to the narrative. As
always Martha finds a cause to fight for, and this time it is
the Poor Irish, caught up in the Potato Famine of 1845-48. She
becomes embroiled in a private battle with the secret Society
of Sea Serjeants, and this gives her friends and family some
considerable problems as they try to protect her from the society's
vengeance. John, as always, has a magical feeling of place and
his narrative is full of dynamism and perception. Norma
Penfold, Gwales.com (Welsh Books Council)
The much loved Angel Mountain books take
the form of a discovered diary, which follows the life of insuppressible
heroine Mistress Martha Morgan from her late teenage years to
her demise in this the final book.........Wackier she may get
but it is apparent that Mistress Martha has lost none of the
saltiness and spirit that have endeared her to readers since
the first book called “On Angel Mountain” appeared
from the author’s own publishing imprint, Greencroft Books.
Becky Hotchin. PembrokeshireTV
Successive books have turned Martha into
Pembrokeshire’s best-loved fictional character. The books
have also turned Carningli (the key location in the saga, and
the place where Marthas has her secret cave) into a place of
pilgrimage, climbed by many readers who generally stay well
clear of mountains. Brian blames the “spirit of the mountain”
for that phenomenon, but the books clearly have something to
do with it. News Wales (Western Mail)
