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In A.D. 408, an Irish king desperate to save his clan raids the Welsh coast for slaves and plunder. But when he steals Anwyn across the sea, a Roman patrician's son embarks on an impossible quest to bring her back. Macrath will do anything to save his clan, a people cursed after the red wolf appeared to him three years ago. When he returns from a disastrous raid, he pleads with Athairne, an outcast druid, for help. Athairne receives a vision from the Great Light that conflicts with one from Dagda, the traditional god of their Celtic people. But Macrath rejects the vision. He breaks an age-old taboo. He raids the shores of distant Britannia. Anwyn's a spunky lass looking forward to her marriage with Quintus, a Roman patrician's son. But when the men of her family's Welsh villa leave to seek help from the departing Roman legions, Macrath's raiders steal her into slavery across the sea. Gradually, as Macrath shows her kindness and she realizes she'll never see home again, she develops feelings for her captor. When a distraught Quintus discovers his love has been stolen, he sets sail with men and weapons. He's a skilled swordsman, but no one has ever returned from Hibernia, a wild and untamed land ruled by treacherous druids, powerful kings, and warring clans. They live and they die by the sword. They kill or enslave foreigners. And they sacrifice to pagan gods. Yet he vows to bring her back. From the shadows comes the red wolf. Half again as large as any earthly carnivore, is it a supernatural creature as some claim? Macrath blames it for cursing his clan. Having tasted the blood of men, it now stalks both Macrath and Quintus. Against such obstacles, how can Quintus ever find his betrothed? Even then, will he have to win her back? Will the Great Light save Macrath's clan? Or will the red wolf undo everything? The Slaves Of Autumn is not only a love story set in history, but a tense action adventure, an epic saga that will transport the reader from wealthy Roman villas to the thatch-roofed villages of ancient Celtic Ireland, and its world of deceitful druids, sword-wielding warriors, powerful kings, and early Christians.

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What Amazon readers said about THE BONFIRES OF BELTANE Speechless. Swept away. Transported. All. . . are inadequate to summarize the epically written, detail-rich story . . . an intense read. I couldn't put it down and was sorry when I finished that there wasn't more. That's about the highest praise I can give a book. It is a well written and researched story and blends truth and fiction so well you think you are getting a firsthand recounting of events. And what they said about THE MEDALLION Wow, was it an awesome read! . . .the continuing ups and downs of the journey really kept me involved. I loved, loved, loved, this book!!! . . . The characters are as real as we are, and you can get quite wrapped up in their lives.

From author LeAnne Hardy, an early reviewer: Despite the story's romantic beginning, there is lots of page-turning action here as the last of Roman Britain meets the scourge of barbarian Ireland in this grand adventure. Macrath, ri tuath (king) of the Cinn An Tobair, has captured a group of Christian slaves from Britannia, among them the beautiful Anwyn, with whom he falls in love. Meanwhile Anwyn's betrothed follows her to Ireland, and tension rises as we find ourselves in sympathy with both men in their pursuit of the young woman who may hold the key to lifting the curse on Macrath's tribe. Macrath worries that the curse is his fault. Chief druid Ceallach believes it is because they have neglected the traditional human sacrifices, but another druid, the elderly Athairne, dreams that the curse will only be broken when they find the Great Light.What Amazon readers said about THE BONFIRES OF BELTANE: Speechless. Swept away. Transported. All. . . are inadequate to summarize the epically written, detail-rich story . . . an intense read. I couldn't put it down and was sorry when I finished that there wasn't more. That's about the highest praise I can give a book. It is a well written and researched story and blends truth and fiction so well you think you are getting a firsthand recounting of events. And what they said about THE MEDALLION: Wow, was it an awesome read! . . .the continuing ups and downs of the journey really kept me involved. I loved, loved, loved, this book!!! . . . The characters are as real as we are, and you can get quite wrapped up in their lives.

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Mark wrote his first twelve pages at the age of ten, complete with drawings of a prairie fire, Indians, and a stampede. Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, Heritage Beacon Imprint, has published his first two novels of Christian historical fiction set in ancient, Celtic Ireland at the time of St. Patrick. He is also the author of The Scepter and Tower Trilogy, an epic high fantasy for young adults set in a Celtic world. At various times, he has welded rails for the railroad, inspected glass in a glass factory, given aid checks to welfare clients, and programmed micro-code for IBM. He recently helped plant a church. He and his wife enjoy traveling with recent visits to Japan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, France, Italy, and Switzerland Mark spends most of his time at his desk writing or following his miniature Australian shepherd on walks around the neighborhood.

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