Broichan sees the same process and feels only danger.for Tuala could be a key part in Bridei's future.or could spell his doom. The two grow up together and as Bridei comes to manhood he sees the shy girl Tuala blossom into a beautiful woman. But Bridei sees an old and precious magic at work here and heedless of the danger fights to save the child. It is uncommonly bad luck to have truck with the Fair Folk and all counsel the babe's death.

For Bridei finds a child on their doorstep on a bitter MidWinter Eve, a child seemingly abandoned by the fairie folk. But something happens that will change Bridei's world forever.and possibly wreck all of Broichan's plans. What that purpose is Bridei cannot fathom but he trusts the man and is content to learn all he can about the ways of the world. The tasks that he sets Bridei appear to have one goal-to make him a vessel for some distant purpose.

His earliest memories are not of hearth and kin but of this dark stranger who while not unkind is mysterious in his ways. Bridei is a young nobleman fostered at the home of Broichan, one of the most powerful druids in the land. THE DARK MIRROR is the first book in Juliet Marillier's Bridei Chronicles.

The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier