IN THE REGION OF THE SUMMER STARS

Ravaged by barbarian Scálda forces, the last hope for Eirlandia lies with the island's warring tribes. Wrongly cast out of his tribe, Conor, the first-born son of the Celtic king, embarks on a dangerous mission to prove his innocence. What he discovers will change Eirlandia forever. For the Scálda have captured the mystical Fae to use as an ultimate weapon. And Conor's own people have joined in the invasion.

Set in the mythic Golden Age of Celtic culture, Eirlandia is a multi-volume epic fantasy saga that tells the story of how one man's family is plucked from the obscurity of a backward, beleaguered tribe to embark on a journey that will lead ultimately to a prize none had dreamed possible: the High Kingship of Eirlandia. The warring clans and tribes of the Tuatha DeDanann must set aside their feuds and unite to fight the Scálda, a powerful and implacable enemy bent on the conquest and cruel domination of their island nation. Conor is the first-born son of the Celtic king Ardan mac Orsi. He should have been battlechief, but a birthmark casts him as unclean and that honor has fallen to his younger brother Liam. Conor is resigned to his fate, but wishes he could do something to earn his tribe's respect. WhenConor is wrongly accused of theft and cast out of his tribe, he embarks on a dangerous mission to not only prove his innocence but to expose the treachery that led him on this path. He also seeks the ethereal beauty he saw being abducted by the Scálda. Convinced that she is no mortal woman, but one of the faéry, Conor must find and rescue her. Because he knows that if the Scálda gain the secret of faéry magic, they will conquer his homeland. Stephen Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. The new Eirlandia series heralds Lawhead's long-awaited return to the wonder of the Celtic Otherworld, for which he is renowned and beloved among fans. Published in over 20 territories, his works include the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, King Raven, The Song of Albion, and, most recently, Bright Empires. He lives in the United Kingdom.