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When the Bloodmoon rose, death came rushing into the world. Now the water is bitter, blight consumes everything, the Crone haunts the hills, and the Druid of Blackthorn searches desperately for hope. Sorensen's lyrical tale of light overcoming darkess is a matchless work of Celtic-inspired lore.
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In a Celtic-feeling village the reader follows the story of an absolutely ordinary protagonist, Idris. He’s a poet who chooses great peril in order to discover the truth behind a growing despair plaguing the land.
It is the end of times, according to all the oracles. But Idris refuses to accept annihilation’s cold embrace. As the villagers scrape by despite sickness and blighted crops, the bard goes on a search for hope. In the haunted, banshee-infested moor, he discovers the door on half-bald hill.
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