Set in Iron-Age Britain on the cusp of Roman invasion, Skin is a
thrilling, full-blooded, mesmerising novel about the collision of two
worlds, and a young woman torn between two men. For the people of Caer
Cad, 'skin' is their totem, their greeting, their ancestors, their land.
Ailia does not have skin. Abandoned at birth, she serves the Tribequeen
of her township. Ailia is not permitted to marry, excluded from tribal
ceremonies and, most devastatingly, forbidden to learn. But the Mothers,
the tribal ancestors, have chosen her for another path. Lured by the
beautiful and enigmatic Taliesin, Ailia embarks on an unsanctioned
journey to attain the knowledge that will protect her people from the
most terrifying invaders they have ever faced