Publisher's Synopsis
✤ An incredible fantasy saga which takes the reader back two thousand years, to Ireland and Scotland where Celtic gods and magic still existed... ✤
A child of the Tuatha de Danann, the gods of the Land of Erin, is born into the kingdom of men. Half-goddess, half-mortal, Avana is the key to the gateway of the Shadows, and the Great Lord Zha'hor will hunt her for her blood.
As a teenager, unaware of the secret of her birth and disappointed that she is refused training to become a druid, she runs away to Scotti. Destiny sends her to an instructress who is prepared to share the secrets of the Ancient Faith with her. In a fortress filled with spirited boys training to become warriors, the young Ulaid girl meets Finn, a Connachta and an enemy of her people, who will set her heart racing...