A thousand-year curse. A bloodline's duty. A girl who never asked to be chosen.
The Inheritor Saga is a five-book dark fantasy series set on the Isle of Man, where ancient magic bleeds into the modern world and a thousand-year binding is beginning to fail.
In 988 AD, a Norse shieldmaiden named Astrid bound a goddess beneath the standing stones of the Calf of Man. She thought a thousand years would be enough time for someone to find a real solution.
She was wrong.
Now, in 1988, sixteen-year-old Jessica Shelley inherits a relic she doesn't understand and a duty she never wanted. As the binding weakens, ancient powers stir, and Jessica must navigate a world of family secrets, island magic, and a war that began before her ancestors were born.
When Jessica Shelley inherits a mysterious relic from a great-grandmother she barely knew, she thinks it's just another piece of family eccentricity. Then the dreams start. Then the standing stones begin to whisper. And then she learns the truth: her bloodline is bound to an ancient goddess, and the thousand-year binding is failing.
"The wind screamed across the clifftops like a wounded god, which—Astrid supposed—was exactly what it was." — Prologue, 988 AD
Magic, mythology, and the mist-shrouded Isle of Man
The Isle of Man—ancient, mist-shrouded, and steeped in Celtic and Norse mythology. From the standing stones of the Calf of Man to the fairy bridges of Ballaglass, every location holds secrets.
Explore the IsleBloodline magic passed through generations. The Sight that lets some see through glamours. Ancient runes that hold power. And the binding magic that keeps a goddess trapped beneath the stones.
Understand the MagicThe Shelley family bound by duty. The Keepers who guard the old ways. The Murphy traveller family with their own secrets. And Victor Blackwood's corporate power seeking to exploit it all.
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