Theresa Terrell Johnson Bücher

The Shadow Ground is the place where wonder meets fear, and the flickering succession of light and darkness deceives the eyes. In a time when gods and men share the earth, legends abound, and mythical islands come and go in the mist of the Celtic Sea, a young man must discover the one truth that will change the past so that he may ransom the future. Following a bitter argument with his brother, Creghan leaves his home on Erin's east coast, vowing never to return. Forced to take up the life of a mercenary, he enters the service of The Ban, a mysterious warrior queen, who trains him to join her company of elite warriors. She bestows upon him an ancient sword – the Duir – which, Creghan discovers, can transport him back to another time when he was the sole, surviving protector of a young priestess, to whom he gave his heart. The Ban tells Creghan that in order to reclaim his love, he must overcome illusion and learn to look beyond the shadows that blind his eyes. Throughout the dangers he must face in his present life – the defense of two young, dispossessed women, the battle fought on behalf of his sister's husband, a contest with the sea raider, Adderle, and even the ire of a wild man armed with an axe – he continues to journey back to the past, hoping that in the spaces between the shadows he may see the truth.

Julia Griffin encountered Terrorism in Europe in the 70s and 80s, but never felt she would ever have to face the horror of bombed out buildings, or blood on the concourse of a major international airport if she stayed within the confines of her own country. She completely blocked out the memories of the terror until one day two commercial airliners flew past the Statue of Liberty right into the front yard of America and ripped away the faade of security forever, and plunged her into an abyss of the fear she had known in those days in Rome when her own world came crashing down around her. Reality very nearly pushed her over the edge as the knowledge that her husband only endeared himself to her, because he needed a cover for his activities in the US. Toward the end of their relationship, she had learned how brutal this gentle man could be when his dark side emerged after an encounter with the man who reeked of Turkish Tobacco and wore flowing Arabic robes. His personality was one of urbane cultured sophistication; his language capabilities unlimited. He was her prize until one day he became ali ability to them and was assassinated beside her on a deserted street in Rome.