If Tolkien wrote romance, the result might be something like the first volume of Australian author Dart-Thornton's new fantasy trilogy (after the Bitterbynde trilogy, which began with The Ill-Made Mute). "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. have I been so impressed by a beautifully spun fantasy' Andre Norton, Grand Master of Science Fiction Praise for the `Bitterbynde' trilogy: `Dart-Thornton's Bitterbynde trilogy - each book and all three together - deserve to win every fantasy award there is' Tanith Lee 'Not since Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. During a visit to Cathair Rua, the Red City, Jarred stumbles across the secret of the Iron Tree, and with it an unbearable truth about his father's identity. But neither of the young lovers is aware how closely linked their fates - and their past - really are. Here Jarred meets Lilith, and in a single moment he realises that his life can never be the same again.
After the travellers are set upon in a ravine and several of their number sustain injuries, they seek shelter in the Marsh of Slievmordhu - a cool green world of dazzling beauty as different from their homeland as night and day. He sets out with a band of friends to see the mighty and beautiful kingdom of the north and to seek out the truth about his father, who came to the village a stranger and departed when Jarred was ten, never to return. Jarred, recently come of age, is leaving the sun-scorched desert village that has always been his home.
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