On Silver Wings: A Mystic Tale from Celtic Lore

Elfie Leddy. Pelican Pond, $21.95 (520pp) ISBN 978-1-57733-080-6

Warrior queen Belinda, daughter of the leader of South Land, marries Lord Stuart, son of the most powerful lord in Enseha, to form an alliance and draw on their joint minions and psychic prowess to defeat the Hierarchy. Meanwhile, back on Earth (connected to Enseha via mystical gates), the end is near, but two enterprising people reach across dimensions into Medieval Enseha to recruit Belinda's healing abilities and save the planet in Britina Bovet's first novel, From Another Side of Time.

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