Hugh G Murray

The Way of Máeleachlainn Hugh G Murray

A heretical tale told by a stranger in Hibernia... A hermit's quest which is not what it seems... A search for relics in Britannia... An encounter with an angel in a forgotten dream... Ailill is just another monk on an island monastery, until Abbot Cellán wakes him to tell him a heretical tale. A tale of unimaginable horror and endless woe, compelling Ailill to listen to every word. It begins with the appearance of an angel, a vision of gold and garments of white - and a command to sail west in search of a holy man named Dorcha... Máeleachlainn meets a hermit who tells him of relics of the lost saints. One ring, two stones, a bracelet, a bell, and a leaf-boat - all must be collected from Britannia and Armorica, otherwise the quest to find Dorcha will fail. Máeleachlainn's quest takes him north, south, east, and west, to lands ruled by Gaels, Picts, and Britons, and Angles and Saxons who have helped to turn the people of Hibernia and Britannia back to Rome. Máeleachlainn is aided in his quest by five of his fellow Gaels - a singer, an artist, a strong man, a wild man, and a healer - who blindly follow him, as an angel would never appear to a heretic...