Rose Darke is having a hard time, her gran has died, life is challenging to say the least as her parents work hard and very long hours to get by and to top it all she is getting grief off the local school bully Emer.
Then one night something appears in her garden, it's an ice giant with a magical stone which he entrusts to Rose's keeping.
But she is clueless that this stone is very Important and the key to saving the last remnants of magic that lie along the silver road which runs through Ireland.
Cethlenn is a scheming witch, who wants the stone from Rose, she wants to wake Balor to help her to take over the world.
Rose has to act fast to prevent this or she will lose her family, her home and all she knows.
But can she accept help from an unlikely source?
This was a fresh fantasy tale steeped in Irish myth and a great read.
Definitely a really great read.
Then one night something appears in her garden, it's an ice giant with a magical stone which he entrusts to Rose's keeping.
But she is clueless that this stone is very Important and the key to saving the last remnants of magic that lie along the silver road which runs through Ireland.
Cethlenn is a scheming witch, who wants the stone from Rose, she wants to wake Balor to help her to take over the world.
Rose has to act fast to prevent this or she will lose her family, her home and all she knows.
But can she accept help from an unlikely source?
This was a fresh fantasy tale steeped in Irish myth and a great read.
Definitely a really great read.