The Dark Mirror

The child Bridei is sent by his parents to live with the druid Broichan to learn to be a warrior and scholar, strategist and sage.

He is not aware a secret council of elders, including Broichan, has long been making plans for the future of their homeland: with Bridei himself central to their strategy. Bridei awakes one freezing night to find a baby on the doorstep and with her arrival, Broichan's plan gains a dangerously unpredictable new element.

As Tuala grows from fey child to beguiling woman, and Bridei moves ever closer to his destiny, Broichan anticipates a perilous complication to his long-laid plans. As well, powerful forces are ranged against the secret council, enemies who will employ whatever means they can to stop the druid from bringing his plan to fruition, even if they must endanger Bridei's life.