"Everyone believes my mother is dead. I refuse to." So ends the first chapter of our story. When Kathianna Is-Airde's mum disappears without a trace, she refuses to believe she's dead. Now, two years later, she discovers she's part of an ancient family, the Trodaire, who fight evil creatures, the Cinn Dorca-dark ones. Soon she's drawn onto the world of a warrior, the only one who can save the Seanathair- the Grandfather- and in turn, the world.