THE SILVER BRANCH: The First Book of The Keltiad

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In this novel of Patricia Kennealys galaxy-spinning mythos of the Keltic race she draws us back to an earlier age just prior to the setting of The Copper Crown and The Throne of Scone a time of transition when the people of the Keltic worlds have not yet reestablished contact with their distant brethren of Earth.In this era the enemies of the Keltic worlds are already beginning to dream of destroying this mighty space empire hidden behind its seemingly impenetrable magic-fueled Curtain Wall. And chief among these foes of Keltia is Bres lord of Fomor who betrayed by his own queen has sworn an eternal vow of vengeance. Yet it will be many long years before Bres can hope to carry out his threats years of uneasy peace during which Aeron Aoibhell heir to the throne of Keltia will grow to adulthood and to the fulfillment of her prophesied powers of sorcerypowers which will change the destinies of friends and foes alike when war finally explodes across the starways.The Silver Branch is Aerons talefrom the events long before her birth which would shape the worlds and the burden she would inheritto her first discovery of the magic that could move the very sun from its pathto the dangerous rites of passage that would make her sorcerer warrior avenger and ultimately queen. It is a recounting of forbidden passion and of honor betrayed of jealousies that will plant the seeds of future treachery of love and loyalty tested to the very limits of the great Abyss.