num_pages: 416
description: The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-life history The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the thrilling debut novel by Shauna Lawless.They think they've killed the last of us...981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow Gormflaith has ambitions for her son  and herself  but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs for there are other immortals in this world  like the Tuatha D Danann a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.Fdla is one of the Tuatha D Danann with the gift of healing. Her kind dwell hidden in a fortress forbidden to live amongst the mortals. Fdla agrees to help her kin by going to spy on Brian Boru a powerful man who aims to be High King of Ireland. She finds a land on the brink of war  a war she is desperate to stop. However preventing the loss of mortal lives is not easy with Ireland in turmoil and the Fomorians now on the rise...
language: English
title: The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
publisher: Head of Zeus