A new age dawns in the kingdom of Eileanan, but not without resistance. Now the Righ, Lachlan the Winged, overturns his dead brother’s decrees against witchcraft. But sixteen years of hatred and superstition have cloaked Eileanan in darkness. And though he has won the power of the Lodestar, Lachlan’s rule is challenged by a mere babe—and a civil war erupts.
The flame-haired twins—Iseult the Scarred Warrior and Isabeau the apprentice-witch—must go their separate ways. Iseult to fight side by side with her husband, Lachlan. Isabeau to the Cursed Towers, to master her powers and to find the family she has never known.
One woman battling for a new reign, one woman learning the old ways, their separate threads will twist and turn into a tale of mayhem, mystery, and magic.
- ISBN10 0451456912
- ISBN13 9780451456915
- Publish Date 1 May 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 August 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 560
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451456915