The Emerald Isle was brown and blasted. Only fables spoke of a green Ireland long ago. But young Flynn and Joanna treasured those tales of myth and magic, of bold kings and terrible giants, until Joanna's father betrothed her to an ignorant pig farmer, and she ran away. She fled to the Glowing Lands, certain that none would follow. But there the fabric of time itself was torn: Joanna plunged into the distant past—and into the lair of Cormac the Wolfking. Flynn dared to search for her, but the shifting curtain of time sent him to Tara, where a usurper ruled from Cormac's throne. And while Flynn was caught up in the struggle for the crown, Joanna fell under the Wolfking's enchantments....

IN IRELAND'S DARKEST HOUR The evil wizard Medoc ruled from the Bright Palace, spreading the corruption of the Dark Ireland across all the fair land. The time had come for High Queen Grainne—great-granddaughter of the Wolfking Cormac and Joanna, the legendary Time Traveller—to drive the usurper from the throne that was rightfully hers. Grainne's armies made ready. Her generals plotted strategy. But against the wizard, their chance of victory seemed slim indeed. Then Fergus, head of all the High Queen's forces, proposed an astonishing mission. He volunteered to travel into the perilous Far Future. There he would harness the fabled Apocalypse—the only power strong enough to defeat Medoc's Dark Ireland! And while Fergus sought help in the Far Future, Grainne set off to find the ominous Castle of Shadow, the citadel from which travelers never returned. Something perilous was hidden there, something powerful—and Grainne was ready to brave any hazard to save her people from Medoc's malevolence...

Bridget Woods derde verrassende uitstapje in de wereld van de Keltische mythen en sagen van weleer. Zij heeft een stem met een magische klank, een stem die allerwegen zal worden gehoord, en verstaan. Waarom treuzelt hij, Nuadu Argaitlem, de bastaardprins die werd verbannen van het hof van de Hoogkoningen van Ierland, om een poging te doen zijn verloren burcht Tara te herwinnen? Waarom geeft hij er de voorkeur aan als een halfwilde te jagen met de wolven in het schemerduister van het Wolvenwoud? Immers, de situatie vraagt erom. Tara is in handen gevallen van de brute Reuzen van Gruggach, die erom bekend staan prille maagden te roven, van hun eer te ontdoen en, net als alle andere mensen die in hun handen vallen, op hun roosters te braden. En de Reuzen staan niet alleen. Zij weten zich gesteund door de veile Mantelmaker, de gruwel die voortdurend op zoek is naar slachtoffer voor zijn monsterachtige Zielenvreters.

While the sorcerers are busy debating who should be their next leader, the Dark Ireland snatches her away. The flirtatious Rumour, accompanied by Andrew the monk, volunteer to rescue young Theodora.