Set more than a thousand years ago in the soft green hills of Ireland, in a shifting time when enchanted beasts, strange creatures, and the Fairy Kind still flickered in and out of the lives of men, the ancient stories of Finn MacCool and the Fianna shimmer with magic. Rosemary Sutcliffe breathes new life into the classic tales of Finn and the grey dog, of Dearmid and Grania, of Oisin - Finn's son - and all the other high deeds of the Fianna.