Award-winning author Juliet Marillier's "lavishly detailed" (Publishers
Weekly) Blackthorn & Grim series continues as a mysterious creature
holds an enchanted and imperiled ancient Ireland in thrall.
Disillusioned healer Blackthorn and her companion, Grim, have settled in
Dalriada to wait out the seven years of Blackthorn's bond to her fey
mentor, hoping to avoid any dire challenges. But trouble has a way of
seeking out Blackthorn and Grim.
Lady Geileis, a noblewoman from the northern border, has asked for the
prince of Dalriada's help in expelling a howling creature from an old
tower on her land--one surrounded by an impenetrable hedge of thorns.
Casting a blight over the entire district, and impossible to drive out
by ordinary means, it threatens both the safety and the sanity of all
who live nearby.
With no ready solutions to offer, the prince consults Blackthorn and
Grim. As Blackthorn and Grim begin to put the pieces of this puzzle
together, it's apparent that a powerful adversary is working behind the
scenes. Their quest is about to become a life-and-death struggle--a
conflict in which even the closest of friends can find themselves on
opposite sides.