Ghosts of Midsummer

Fourteenth century Ireland is a dangerous place for thieves. The English are encroaching, the Irish Gaels are rebelling, and the Hundred Years’ War has only just begun.

On a cold Midsummer Eve, a pagan boy’s prayer to heaven is answered by tragedy. Finneas Gaelee grows into the town thief of Galway, an outcast with a habit of stealing books. Apprenticed to a drunkard blacksmith, Finn feels out of place in their fractured family and yearns to run away from home.

One day, a band of king’s men arrive in Galway. When our unlikely hero makes an enemy of a vengeful knight, Sir Roland Dumont, Finn is forced to flee his hometown with the help of Roddy Stirling, a wandering wildman who is older than he seems. Their destination is Dublin, where Finn hopes to start a new life.

Their journey across Ireland throws them into a world of magic, folklore, and ancient gods who hide behind a divine mystery. But first, he must escape Dumont, as well as a fiery rebellion of the native Irish against colonial Englishmen that threatens to blow Dublin apart.

Ghosts of Midsummer is book one of a brand-new historical fantasy series, The Hundred Years’ Thief.