Ned Halloran, orphaned by the death of his parents and left alone after his sister moves to America, enrolls at St. Edna's in Dublin, a school governed by scholar and rebel Patrick Pearse, and soon becomes involved in Ireland's fight for freedom--a battle that is supported by his sister and other Irish patriots across the sea.
To avoid the priesthood, Epona, the daughter of a Celtic chief, runs away with Kazhak, the leader of a small band of horsemen from Asia Minor's Sea of Grass.
Aoife, an Irish princess of Leinster, and Richard de Clare, known as Strongbow, tell their story of love, war, and marriage during the reign of Henry Plantagenet.
