The Chalice and the Blade - Hardcover

Set in twelfth-century Wales, an adventure yarn involving black magic, chivalry, intrigue, and romance features Ceridwen, the daughter of a Druid priestess, whose dormant powers lead her into the path of a fearsome sorcerer.

buster tradition of Diana Gabaldon, award-winning author Glenna McReynolds makes her stunning hardcover debut with a wondrous and wholly original tale.  Shimmering with breathtaking romance, fantasy, and adventure, The Chalice and the Blade sweeps you into a rare world of ancient magic, fierce passion, and evil intention--a world that once entered will not soon be forgotten.

The place is twelfth-century Wales, a land of forbidding castles and ferocious knights, sacred prophecies and unholy betrayals.  In the bowels of the earth, deep in the caverns below the towers of Carn Merioneth, dragon nests await the arrival of one who holds the key to an ancient legacy.

She is Ceridwen, daughter of a Druid priestess, unaware of her immense power--until fate leads her from the safety of a secluded abbey into the unbreachable tower of a feared sorcerer.  Dain Lavrans knows he has no magic in himself, only the secrets of medicine he uncovered whi