Daughters of Nicnevin [Hardcover]

Readers of Diana Gabaldon'sOutlanderwill love this fantasy tale of folklore and witchcraft from Scotland.

Mairead and Constance, two powerful witches, meet in the early days of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. While the men of the village are away fighting, the villagers face threats from both the Black Watch and raiders, and the women are confronted with their vulnerability. They enlist the help of Nicnevin, fae queen of witches, to bring men made of earth to life to help protect their village. But just who do they need protection from? And what will happen when the village men return?

Winner of the Independent Publisher of the Year Award, 2024, FLAME TREE PRESSis the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePressScottish fantasy author Shona Kinsella is the author ofThe Heart of Winter, The Vessel of KalaDeneseries, dark Scottish fantasy novellaPetra MacDonald and the Queen of the Fae,British Fantasy Award shortlisted industrial novellaThe Flame and the Flood,and non-fictionOutlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland’s Fight for the Stuarts.Her short fiction can be found in various magazines and anthologies. She served as editor of the British Fantasy Society’s fiction publication,BFS Horizonsfor four years and is now the Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Shona lives near the picturesque banks of Loch Lomond with her husband and three children. Set against the evocative backdrop of Scotland in the 1700s, the Jacobite uprising and the witch trials, Daughters of Nicnevin is a haunting, ethereal tale of love, sisterl£Æ