Maeve, daughter of Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, was badly burned as a child
and carries the legacy of that fire in her crippled hands. After ten
years she's returning home, a courageous, forthright woman. But while
her body's scars have healed, her spirit remains fragile, fearing the
shadows of her past.
Sevenwaters is in turmoil. The fey prince Mac Dara is desperate to see
his only son, married to Maeve's sister, return to the Otherworld. To
force Lord Sean's hand, Mac Dara has caused a party of innocent
travelers on the Sevenwaters border to vanish--only to allow their
murdered bodies to be found one by one.
When Maeve finds a body in a remote part of the woods, she and her
brother, Finbar, embark on a journey that could bring about the end of
Mac Dara's reign--or lead to a hideous death. If she is successful,
Maeve may open the door to a future she has not dared to believe
possible....