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Chris McMahon is a novelist and short story writer based in Brisbane, writing everything from heroic fantasy and contemporary fantasy to hard SF. The heroic journey is central to his fantasy fiction, while his SF is driven more by the exploration of scientific possibilities. His other novels include Warriors of the Blessed Realms, which blends contemporary fantasy and fantasy with elements of SF and horror, the hard-SF The Tau Ceti Diversion and his three-book heroic fantasy series the Jakirian Cycle. He has been short-listed for the Aurealis Awards twice, and has won the One Book, Many Brisbanes competition twice.When the clans of the Western Kingdom gather for the Beltane festival, none expect more than a peaceful celebration led by the druids: priests and holy men to the tribes of Eire since antiquity. But forces gather, intent on destroying their way of life. King Curros, a northern warlord, is poised to attack, aided by the dark magic of the immortal Golsheth.
The western clans relish their independence. Golsheth plans to enslave them all, and use them in his secret rites. The West desperately needs magic to counter Golsheth, and Prince Lathel is their best, if unlikely, hope — but there’s a problem. Thrown out of druid training because of his sidhe ancestry, Lathel is left with a hole in his mind and his magical talent crippled: all leading to a deepened rift with his family.
The druids fear the wild magic of the forest-dwelling sidhe, and Lathel’s father, the warrior-king Kassnor, hates the sidhe, and all magic. Even so, Prince Lathel is determined to win back Kassnor’s favour.
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