Cette saga se déroule sur quatre générations d'une famille possédant un lien unique avec l'Autre Monde, dans le contexte de l'Irlande ancienne. Les récits mêlent batailles épiques, litiges fonciers et parcours personnels profonds. Chaque histoire est imprégnée d'un fort élément romantique et racontée du point de vue des jeunes femmes de la famille, offrant un aperçu intime de leurs vies et de la magie qui les entoure.
'A wonderful, riveting story' Barbara Erskine A magnificent saga set in the Celtic twilight of 10th century Ireland, when myth was law and magic was a power of nature, brilliantly brought to life: the legendary story of an evil stepmother opposed by a seventh child.
Lord Colum of Sevenwaters is blessed with six sons: Liam, a natural leader; Diarmid, with his passion for adventure; twins Cormack and Conor, each with a different calling; rebellious Finbat, grown old before his time by his gift of the Sight; and the young, compassionate Padriac. But it is Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter, too young to have known her mother, who alone is destined to defend her family and protect her land from the Britons and the clan known as Northwoods.-- OCLC
Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy. But not all the brothers were able to fully escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and it is left to Sorcha's daughter Liadan to help fulfill the destiny of the Sevenwaters clan. Beloved child and dutiful daughter, Liadan embarks on a journey that shows her just how hard-won was the peace that she has known all her life. Liadan will need all of her courage to help save her family, for there are dark forces and ancient powers conspiring to destroy this family's peace--and their world. And she will need all of her strength to stand up to those she loves best, for in the finding of her own true love, Liadan's course may doom them all . . . or be their salvation.
Concluding book in the Sevenwaters trilogy. Raised in an isolated cove in Kerry, the young sorceress Fainne has been sent to live at Sevenwaters to prevent the Fair Folk winning back the Islands. To do this she must deny the one she loves and the family for whom she cares. She must rid the world of the chosen one, the child of prophecy. Other titles in the trilogy are 'Daughter of the Forest' and 'Son of the Shadows'. Author who was born in New Zealand now lives near Perth. She has a degree in languages and music and has had a varied musical and writing career.
The chieftains of Sevenwaters have long been custodians of a vast and mysterious forest, one of the last refuges of the Tuatha De Danann, the Fair Folk of ancient story. Human and Otherworld dwellers have existed there side by side - until the spring when everything changes.
Sibeal has always known that she is destined for a spiritual life, and is committed to it with all her heart. The only thing left for her to do before making her vows is to spend the summer visiting her sisters on the northern island of Inis Eala. But Sibeal has barely set foot on the island before a freak storm out at sea sinks a ship before her eyes. In spite of frantic efforts, only three survive. But it becomes clear there is something unusual about the three shipwrecked strangers
When Maeve, fourth daughter of Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, is asked to accompany a skittish horse back to her father's keep, she agrees - reluctantly. For it has been many years since she left the place where her hands were crippled by a fire - years in which she has nurtured her special talent with animals. Sevenwaters is also much changed. It is now enslaved by the fey prince Mac Dara, a force of malignant magic who is responsible for a party of travellers disappearing. When Maeve discovers the body of one of the missing men, she and her brother Finbar are lured to the Otherworld on a journey that may save Sevenwaters... or lead to catastrophe. If Maeve is ever to dream of a future, she must confront the darkness of her past.