This, the first of a projected fantasy trilogy from newcomer
Marillier, reworks and embroiders the fairy tale of the brothers
who are transformed into swans by their evil stepmother; they can
be returned to human form only by the agonizing labors of their
young sister. In Ireland, patriarch Colum and his six sons and
daughter Sorcha are beset by Britons in pursuit of an old blood
feud. The brothers are variously gifted: Conor has druidic
leanings, Cormack is the scholar, young Finbar has the Sight, etc.
Then Colum's men capture a young Briton, Simon, from a raiding
party, and torture him for the secrets he supposedly keeps; Conor
and Finbar help him escape; and, later, Sorcha tends his injuries.
Soon, however, the Lady Oonaghclearly a witchbeguiles Colum and
plots to drive the brothers and Sorcha away. They attempt to
restrain Oonagh with magic, but Oonagh's too strong and transforms
the brothers into swans. The Lady of the Forest tells Sorcha how
she can free themby hand-weaving each swan a shirt of barbs, and by
keeping utter silence until the task is complete. In fleeing
Oonagh's wrath, however, she falls in with a party of Britons
looking for Simon. In distant England, meanwhile, Sorcha's mission
seems more impossible than everand therell be many complications
before matters are resolved in traditional style. (Kirkus Reviews)
A wicked woman, an evil curse, and a love that must triumph over impossible odds…
In the Celtic twilight of ancient Ireland, Sorcha, seventh child of a seventh son, lives with her six beloved brothers and their father Lord Colum, protected from foreign raiders in the remote and closely-guarded keep of Sevenwaters.
But now there is an invader inside the keep: the Lady Oonagh, a sorceress as fair as day, but with a heart as black as night. Though she captivates Lord Colum, she cannot enchant the wary Sorcha. Frustrated in her attempts to destroy the family, Oonagh binds the brothers with a spell that only Sorcha can lift. If she fails, they will die.
Then the raiders come, and Sorcha is taken captive. Soon she will find herself torn between her duty to break the curse, and a growing, forbidden love for the warlord who is her captor.
'Juliet Marillier's intesnly romantic first novel takes the reader to an Ireland on the edge where history and fairy tale meet… a stunning debut'
AMAZON.CO.UK
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