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  • Published: 1 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780857988737
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99

The Forbidden Land: Book 4, The Witches of Eileanan

A dark fantasy series




Book Four in the magical dark fantasy series, The Witches of Eileanan.

Finn the Cat is bored with life as a banprionnsa. To make things worse, her cousin Brangaine has come to live with them and is everything a banprionnsa should be – beautiful, gracious, and always perfectly behaved.

Luckily for Brangaine, a caravan of jongleurs arrives at Castle Rurach. But this is no ordinary caravan. Led by Dide the Juggler, the jongleurs have come on behalf of the Rìgh. Once again it seems that Lachlan the Winged has particular need of someone with Finn's peculiar abilities . . .

Finn, desperate for adventure, eagerly takes up the Rìgh's exciting commission and joins the expedition. Their objective: to help Elfrida NicHilde, the deposed banprionnsa of Tìrsoilleir, win back her crown. Their first task: to recapture the prophet Killian the Listener, imprisoned in the Black Tower by the corrupt and cruel Tìrsoilleirean General Assembly.

Setting out on this clandestine journey that will take them beyond the Great Divide and into the Forbidden Land, the companions must face dangers that will test their courage and resolve to breaking point . . . and beyond. On their quest, this small party will brave their most fierce enemies in war-torn Eileanan and for Finn, a terrible enemy within.

The Forbidden Land is the fourth book in the series The Witches of Eileanan.

  • Published: 1 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780857988737
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Kate Forsyth

Kate Forsyth is an award-winning author and oral storyteller who grew up on tales of Scottish history and folklore told by her grandmother and great-aunts. Her books include Psykhe, a feminist reimagining of the ancient Greek myth; Bitter Greens, a retelling of Rapunzel which won the American Library Association award for Best Historical Fiction; and The Witches of Eileanan, a dark romantic fantasy which was named one of the Best First Novels by Locus. Kate has a Doctorate of Creative Arts in fairy tale studies, and runs writing retreats and literary tours in Greece, the Cotswolds and Scotland. She has sold more than 1.5 million books in twenty languages.

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