The Serpent and the Wings of Night meets Throne of Glass in Laura Foley's The Light of Lúnasa, an epic fantasy filled with magic, lore, and mystery.
A Curse...
Confessing to her brother's death landed Clíona Murphy in a mental institution. After all, it isn't possible to move things with your mind - and no one believes a girl who insists she didn't mean to. Weeks after her release, she kills her next accidental victim - the mayor - in front of an entire town. Fleeing the wreckage of her life and a horrified crowd of witnesses, she stumbles through a portal into ancient Ireland, a land where the old gods still walk, where the air hums with magic, and where Clíona is no longer the only one with power.
A Warrior...
Two brothers are drawn into Clíona's path. Rían, a quiet hunter of the forest, keeps saving her life despite himself - a man of few words and fewer trusts, who looks at her like he's already decided something he hasn't said aloud. Caolann, a warrior with a sharp tongue and sharper blade, can't decide whether to stab her in the heart or steal it. Neither realizes she isn't capable of love - not after what she's done. Not after what she still might do. And the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to remember why she ever wanted to leave.
A Trial...
When children begin disappearing without a trace, Clíona finally sees a path to redemption. Enter the Tuatha Dé Danann's trials. Win the prize at the end - a single wish. Bring the children home.
But the trials demand more than skill. They demand sacrifice, surrender, and a willingness to face the very thing Clíona has spent her whole life trying to bury. The deeper she's pulled into this world of myth and bloodshed, the more she realizes the curse she's carried may be the only thing standing between an entire kingdom and ruin.
If she survives long enough to wield it.
