Sequel to the The Storyteller's Granddaughter.

Leaving? What is that? It means nothing. While the heart remembers there is no leaving.

Welshman, Dai, a trader, and his motley band of fellow-travellers have landed in Venice, their welcome marred by a vicious quarrel on the quayside. It is an omen of troubles to come. Here, men are tortured to death at the pointing of a suspicious finger. In the English Fens, Edgar and Agathi face an incomer intent on stealing their inheritance. In Wales, Edward the English king is stamping hard on a proud people dangerously outnumbered.

Intent on finding her English grandfather - Will the Wordmaker - Kazan, as her companions know her, will need all her talents and wiles simply to stay alive. Half a year later, where the River Mawddach reaches the Irish Sea, where Will began his journey, an ending is reached ... and for Sophia, the storyteller's granddaughter, a new beginning.

A thrilling picaresque adventure in storytelling from the author of Flint and The Storyteller's Granddaughter.

Margaret Redfern was born in Beverley. She is a BA graduate of Lancaster University and MA graduate of Trinity Carmarthen. She has lived in Turkey, Wales and England and currently lives in Lincolnshire. She has taught English Literature and Language for much of her life but also wrote for IPC magazines and Bauer Publications. She currently contributes to Pembrokeshire Life and Down Your Way magazines.