So warns the faery seer of Cruachan.

It is a warning no one will heed, because only one thing stands between the army of Maeve the Intoxicator and its goal: a small young warrior named Setanta. Maeve, with all her cunning, sees no problem in dispatching him.

But Setanta is no normal defender. His father is a god, who has given him a monstrous power and a magical spear. Alone against all odds and all comers, he fights as strange a war as was ever undertaken - in the narrows of every stream the army must cross.

But beware, Setanta. The faery's warning is for you, too. Defeating the lustful Maeve may have unexpected, lethal consequences.

Crimson Spear: The Blood of Cú Chulainn

comprises two previously published novels -- "Tain" and "Remscela." The two books derive from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology, known also as the "Táin Bó Cúailnge" (tahn bo koo al' nyah). It is the story of a cattle raid upon Ulster Province perpetrated by the royal couple of Connacht, its neighbor, and defense of the province by its semi-divine hero Cú Chulainn.