"Crowley is generous, obsessed, fascinating, gripping. Really, I think
Crowley is so good that he has left everybody else in the dust."--Peter
Straub
From award-winning author John Crowley comes a novel that masterfully
blends history and magic in Flint and Mirror.
As ancient Irish clans fought to preserve their lands and their way of
life, the Queen and her generals fought to tame the wild land and make
it English.
Hugh O'Neill, lord of the North, dubbed Earl of Tyrone by the Queen, is
a divided man: the Queen gives to Hugh her love, and her commandments,
through a little mirror of obsidian which he can never discard; and the
ancient peoples of Ireland arise from their underworld to make Hugh
their champion, the token of their vow a chip of flint.
From the masterful author of Little, Big comes an exquisite fantasy of
heartbreaking proportion.