Actor Baird Brutscher, who voiced Cellach and the many characters with whom Cellach interacts, talks with author Amy Crider about his career and the process of creating this part of the novel. Starting next time, the final part of Kells: the Gospel of Columba. We expect the last episode to post on January 22, 2023.

Cellach’s long journey takes him home, losing more loved ones along the way. Our next episode will be an interview with actor Baird Brutscher, then the book will conclude with Part Four.

Cellach and Dairach arrive at last at what seems the end of the world: Baghdad. Can the mighty Harun al Rachid, a king greater than Charlemagne, provide the lapis lazuli they’ve sought for so long? Cellach encounters one of his own fellow Scots in the greatest surprise of his life.

Cellach and Dairac leave Rome. The goal of their journey is to obtain lapis lazuli to make the bright blue paint needed to use for the robes in a portrait of Holy Mary for the great Gospel. So they press on to go to the source beyond the sea and through the desert.

Cellach travels with Karl Rex’s court to Rome to adjudicate the overthrow of Pope Leo. Still searching for lapis lazuli for making the special blue ink, he meets a woman trader who shows him both the sites and corruption of Rome.

Cellach spends a year at the court of Karl Rex in Aix, but it must end with a series of sad goodbyes.

Cellach now has charge of old Dairic. They travel with Isaac the trade negociator and Liutgard to Aix, the seat of power of Karl, whom you know as Charlemagne, continuing on the quest for lapis lazuli. Cellach discovers the depth of Dairic’s trauma and the seriousness of his own responsibility.

Cellach and the monks travel to Frisia on a quest for lapis lazuli to make the rare bright blue ink necessary for the portrait of Mary in the Gospel. In Frisia, Cellach forms a bond with an independent young woman named Liutgard.

Now we turn to Cellach, the boy slave who embarks on a journey to Dun Add, the capital of the Dal Riata, where the monks must decide over the conflict over who should be the new king: the gentle Ruen or the fiendish Eochaid.

As Part Two is wrapped up, Oona is in danger, but she will be back in Part Four. As we transition to Part Three, we have a special interview with actor Linsey Summers talking about her acting career and experience reading the book. She talks about her dream role (hint: it’s related to a famous mouse) and journey from Ohio to Chicago via LA.

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