In Victorian New York, seventeen-year-old Grace Knox is tangled in the web of an ancient prophecy.
The Fianna, legendary Irish warriors, have been magically called from their undying sleep to aid Ireland in its rebellion against Britain. But the
Fianna have awakened in New York alongside their bitter enemies, the
Fomori. A prophecy demands that a Druid priestess — a veleda — must choose
between these two sides. Grace is this veleda.
But being the
veleda means she must sacrifice her power — and her life — to her choice. On one side are her fiancé, Patrick Devlin, and the Fomori. On the other
are the Fianna — and the warrior Diarmid Ua Duibhne, with whom Grace
shares an undeniable connection. Patrick has promised to find a way to
save her life. In three months, at the ancient ritual, Diarmid must
wield the knife that kills her.
Grace doesn’t know whom to trust. As dark forces converge on the city, she struggles to discover the
truth about her power. Can she change her own destiny? Can she escape
the shadows of the past and reach for a future she could never have
imagined?