Bestselling author Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters series has been
praised as a "magnificent saga" (Alernative Worlds) that is a
"gripping tale of enduring love" (Publishers Weekly). Now, Marillier
returns to Sevenwaters with the story of a young woman destined to
unlock the secrets of the Otherworld.
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, having grown into a courageous, forthright
woman with a special gift for gentling difficult animals. 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 has become 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 the body
of one of the missing men in a remote part of the woods, she and her
brother Finbar embark on a journey that may 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...