Sistersong

In sixth-century Britain, in the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, three children of King Cador each carry a strand of old magic. Riva, the eldest, can heal others yet remains scarred and unsure of her own worth; Keyne, the middle sibling, is a young man trapped in a body the world insists on reading as a daughter, longing to be seen as he truly is; and Sinne, the youngest, is a dreamer who can weave glamours and glimpse what is to come. As Christianity spreads and Saxon armies press at the borders, their father turns away from the gods and the land that once made him strong. Then ash falls from the sky and a wandering magician named Myrdhin arrives, and a warrior named Tristan brings secrets that will set the siblings against one another. Drawing on the dark folk ballad of the two sisters, the story braids family loyalty, betrayal, and buried desire with the waning of the old powers. As war and love close in, the bonds between the three are tested to breaking, and the magic in their blood demands a terrible price.