The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless

The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna LawlessWith war on the horizon, everything is at stake in this scintillating new novel from Shauna Lawless, the next volume in the critically acclaimed GAEL SONG historical fantasy series. THE OLD WORLD WILL DIE IN FLAMES Ireland, 1011 AD. The mortal kingdoms rise up against High King Brian Boru as they seek to wrest his crown from him. Yet the real struggle is between the two magical races of Ireland, the Fomorians and the Descendants, eternal enemies who

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