Bobbie Groth Libri

In the vast waters of the North Sea, obscure on the lonely isle of St. Kilda, lie the wind-swept ruins of the Heroine’s House. This crumbling pile of stone holds the remains of a time of powerful foremothers who protected their people with ancient wisdom and spells, and cast prayers to the forces that preserved them since ice covered the land. But who was the heroine? She was Ronnat Rua. Now in her thirteenth year, Ronnat is apprenticed to her grandmother the Death Crooner to learn her craft and carry her mantle forward. Ronnat is awakening to her powers of second sight and healing, but struggles painfully with loneliness. Finding solace in a wild dog she trains to herd, Ronnat assumes more and more of her grandmother’s skills. But as she turns from child to young woman, destiny, duty, and dreams collide with loyalty and love. And before the year is out Ronnat meets life-threatening calamity and must draw on all her untried strengths to save someone she loves… more than life itself.