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Fifty years after King Arthur’s death, England is engulfed in conflict and rebellion. King Loth, in an attempt to heal his realm, offers his daughter Taniu to the son of his fiercest enemy, Owain. Taniu, intelligent and gentle, yearns to support her father yet is haunted by a traumatic pagan ritual that binds her heart to a huntsman who once saved her. Accused of defiance and condemned by her own people, she must fight for her survival and for the life of the huntsman she believes lost. In a world of political intrigue and ancient rites, Taniu’s struggle tests loyalty, love, and the fragile bonds that unite a fractured kingdom.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Kathleen Herbert
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