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  • This book was a good mix of historical fiction and fantasy. I liked learning about the effects of Roman occupation in the British Isles and how local leaders either fought or tried to maintain some tentative peace. Gaius and Eilan's forbidden romance made a good backdrop to the Roman/Briton tensions ... Continue

    This book was a good mix of historical fiction and fantasy. I liked learning about the effects of Roman occupation in the British Isles and how local leaders either fought or tried to maintain some tentative peace. Gaius and Eilan's forbidden romance made a good backdrop to the Roman/Briton tensions at the time. I look forward to reading the first book in the series, The Mists of Avalon.

    

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Inside the walls of the Forest House, in a remote part of Britain, a circle of Druidic priestesses guards the ancient rites of learning, healing, and magic against the Roman Empire.

Nearby, Eilan, born to a family steeped in the Druid's lore, is ripening toward womanhood and an inner force she hardly dares dream of. Already she hears the call of the Great Goddess - and will be her new high priestess. But Eilan also hears another voice - that of her love for a young Roman tribune, Gaius Marcellius, whose mission is to subdue her native land and all its ways. Fate has placed her in a struggle to the death - for her land, her religion and her love - and only she can find her way out.

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