After nine years dormant, a magical talent re-awakens in Kestutis Naujokas, an exiled Lenkish shaman. On the eve of a summer festival, he is asked to demonstrate it to the warders at Dun Dubh fortress. But is he able to control it - and will it be his greatest triumph, or his greatest disaster? A New Year serial from the Insulan Empire series. (With apologies - and acknowledgements - to Brian Friel for the title.)