Pam Lob
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Pam Lob
by Pam Lob
When twelve-year-old Monia is torn from everything she loves and sent across the sea to ancient Kemet (Egypt), she carries only what cannot be taken from her. She learns how to deal with grief, studies the power of hieroglyphs and becomes a gifted healer, guided by the Magi Akhon, her father’s loyal friend Ameny and her complex grandmother Myrine.
A rich, slightly mystical and transformational journey through the temples, rivers, and sacred lakes of Kemet. For anyone who has ever sensed that there is more to the world we live in if we open our eyes to see and our ears to listen.
To listen. To remember. To become.
Daughter of the Solstice opens in the Emerald Isles, where twelve-year-old Monia hides in an oak tree as raiders destroy her village, kill her mother, and take her sisters captive. Her father, Gavlon, a man of Kemetian heritage and Lemurian lineage, sends her across the sea to the care of his trusted magi, Akhon, in ancient Kemet.
Monia arrives carrying only what cannot be taken from her: her mother's hair, her father's amulet, and a way of knowing that lives in her body rather than her mind.
In Kemet, Monia enters a world of temples, rivers, sacred lakes, and ancient wisdom. Under the guidance of Akhon, whose knowledge reaches beyond the temples themselves, her formidable grandmother Myrine, and connections with her great grandmother across the veils of time, Monia begins to remember gifts she did not know she carried. She becomes a healer, intuitively knowing what herbs to use to treat injuries and ailments. She learns to read glyphs as living energy, to hear her parents' voices across the veil, and to stand in the presence of something ancient without losing herself.
Her journey takes her from the lighthouse city of Alesaria to the pyramids of Rostau, from the sacred lake of Shedet to the great Sun Temples of Heliopolis. Along the way she is shaped by the women who choose to love her, challenged by a grandmother who runs from everything she feels, and quietly seen by Kavi, a young student from Bharat whose understanding of the world mirrors and complements her own.
The book moves through three and a half years of Monia's life, from her twelfth born day, each winter solstice marking a turning point in her becoming.
When the Queen of Alesaria summons her, recognising something in Monia she intends to use, Monia must trust everything she has learned and decide her own destiny.
Daughter of the Solstice is a story about grief, transformation and relationships. It asks what it means to carry old knowledge in a changing world, and what it costs to remain true to yourself when power decides it wants you.
To listen. To remember. To become.
Holistic health practitioner, international speaker and storyteller — rooted in nature, feminine wisdom and the magic that lives between worlds, now channelling it all into full-time writing.
I am a woman who refused to give up. After years of navigating my own health challenges and the heartbreaking loss of my husband, I found myself a single parent faced with a choice: shrink into a smaller life or rebuild one rooted in joy, vitality and purpose. I chose transformation. With characteristic honesty and a sassy spark, I turned my world right-side up and created a life that feels true to my core. Before devoting myself fully to writing, I spent decades working where health, healing and personal transformation meet. I have been a nurse, holistic hypnotherapist, counsellor, coach and personalised health practitioner. My qualifications — from a psychology degree to years of deep personal development — showed me that real healing is never one-size-fits-all. My approach has always been intuitive, compassionate and grounded in the belief that every person carries their own medicine within them. I am also an international speaker, sharing messages of health, embodiment, resilience and conscious living on stages, radio and podcasts across the UK, USA and Australia. I was featured in the Bounce Back Queens World Summit and co-hosted the global podcast Live the Impossible Show, exploring transformation, spirituality and human potential with thought-leaders and visionaries. I am the author of Beyond Hot and Crazy – A Radical Guide to Living Well with Menopause, first published by Balboa Press in 2016 and later self-published in two expanded editions. Both the first and second editions became Amazon Bestsellers, and the book was showcased at the 2025 London and Manila Book Fairs with Prime Seven Media. I have also contributed chapters to Procrastination Begone and Women in the Modern Business World, sharing insights on personal leadership and living in alignment. Now retired from professional practice, I write full-time. My days are shaped by walks in nature, studying herbalism, foraging for ingredients for my own remedies, and spending time with my dog. Rooted in the natural world and guided by intuition, I continue to explore the places where healing, spirit and storytelling intersect. My debut novel, Daughters of Gaea, was the seed from which everything grew — written first, it revealed to me that the story needed to begin much earlier, with the journey that shapes its protagonist Monia. That realisation gave birth to the Gaea Remembered trilogy. Daughter of the Solstice, the first book in the series, follows Monia's origins and is currently in its final stages. The second book — tentatively titled Daughter of the East — will trace her journey through India and China. Daughters of Gaea completes the trilogy, though it is already written and waiting, like a destination that was always known. The story reflects my lifelong devotion to feminine wisdom, the sacredness of nature and the quiet strength that rises when we surrender to the deeper rhythms of life. My purpose has always been to live joyfully, vibrantly and consciously — and to inspire others to do the same. Through my writing, I hope to spark remembrance, connection and transformation, offering stories that honour the Earth, the feminine and the unseen threads that weave us all together.
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