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Child of the Prophecy :
Book Three of the Sevenwaters Trilogy
Juliet Marillier
St. Martin's, 3/2002
ISBN:0312848811
Magic is fading . . .
and the ways of Man are conspiring to drive all the Old Ones to the West, beyond the ken of humankind. The ancient groves are being destroyed, and with their loss the land will lose an essential core if nothing is done.
The prophecies that were foretold so long ago say that there is a way to prevent this horror and it is the Sevenwaters clan that the spirits of Eire look to for salvation. They are a family bound into the very lifeblood of the land . . . and their promise to preserve the magic has been the cause of great joy-and sorrow-to them.
For in truth, the ways of prophecies are never easy . . . and there are those who would use power for their own ends. It is left at last to Fianne, daughter of Niamh (the sister that was lost to the clan so long ago), to solve the riddles of power among the gods. A shy child of a reclusive sorcerer, she finds that her way is hard. For she is the granddaughter of the wicked sorceress Oonagh, who has emerged from the shadows of power and seeks to destroy all that the Sevenwaters have striven for . . . and who will use Fianne most cruelly to accomplish this fate. Will Fianne be strong enough to battle this evil and save those she has come to love?
Child of the Prophecy is the third book in Juliet Marillier's extraordinary fantasy trilogy. Set against the lush woods of ancient Ireland and culminating in an epic battle between the forces of good and evil, Child of the Prophecy is the conclusion of the tale of a mystical war that has been waging in the Celtic Isles for thousands of years.
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