CELTS are the native Irish, and while they are not magical beings it is worth noting that they and other humans use magic. DRUIDS: Celtic pagan magic workers EXORCISTS: Vatican magicians WITCHES & SOURCERERS: Other Human magic workers
CELTS are the native Irish, and while they are not magical beings it is worth noting that they and other humans use magic. DRUIDS: Celtic pagan magic workers EXORCISTS: Vatican magicians WITCHES & SOURCERERS: Other Human magic workers
“A wild grab bag of myth, history, folklore and the fantastical, Last Days of Magic is the perfect read for a frozen evening by the fire, or a summer night in firefly country. It fills Ireland with blood, monsters, and witchcraft, and fans of Deborah Harkness and Erin Morgenstern will delight in it.” –Maria Dahvana Headley, author of Magoni and editor of Unnatural Creatures
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“Simultaneously sweeping and intricate, reaching all the way back to the Dead Sea Scrolls and all the way forward to now, Tompkins’ amazing debut novel conjures an epic battle for the soul of Ireland. Filled with papal machination and royal intrigue, magic and mayhem, faeries, Vikings, legates, kings and queens, angels and goddesses, this is one wild and breathless ride.” –Karen Joy Fowler, author of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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This story’s Celtic faeries (Sidhe) and Fomorians (merpeople) are based on old legends. The Goddess Morrígna is drawn from Irish mythology, and the trials of Aisling, one of her physical aspects, is founded on the lore of Red Mary. The angels and demons that appear originate from biblical and ancient sources.