Sorcha despairs at ever being able to complete her task, but the magic of the Fair Folk knows no boundaries, and love is the strongest magic of them all. The second book in the series, Son of the Shadows, won the 2000 Aurealis. In the final book in her Sevenwaters Trilogy, Australian Marillier gathers the threads from the first two ( Daughter of the Forest and Son of the Shadows ). When Sorcha is kidnapped by the enemies of Sevenwaters and taken to a foreign land, she is torn between the desire to save her beloved brothers, and a love that comes only once. This is the first book of the Sevenwaters Trilogy, a historical fantasy set in. If she speaks before she completes the quest set to her by the Fair Folk and their queen, the Lady of the Forest, she will lose her brothers forever. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift-by staying silent. Sevenwaters is a place of magic and deep mystery, and the family that rules it has long been a protector of the old druidic faith.

Marillier sets her tale in Ireland, in a small territory called Sevenwaters, so named for the seven streams that flow through the forest. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment. The first book of the series, Daughter of the Forest, is this story. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Daughter of the Forest, the first book in Juliet Marillier's award-winning Sevenwaters Trilogy.

Sevenwaters trilogy