A novel based on the true history of Ireland. A charming, thoughtful and cruel fantasy - the first part of the Gaelic Song series. Gormlath is the beautiful widow of the old king of Dublin and one of the last heirs of the Fomorian blood in Ireland. She and her brother have one last chance to gather their strength and take revenge: their eternal enemy thinks he has already won. Gormlath must place her mortal son on the throne of Dublin if she wants to take revenge on the descendants of the Tuatha Dé Danann... Or will she do it for the sake of freedom and love for her son? Fola is one of the descendants of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the human world frightens her with its senseless cruelty. But her frivolous sister violates the recently adopted ban, and now she may be exiled or even executed by the other Scions. To help her, Fola agrees to become a tool in the hands of her former lover and Archdruid. She will have to win the trust of the man who may become the new High King of Ireland - Briana Boru.