Sacrifice: A Celtic Adventure

SOMEONE IS KILLING THE NUNS OF IRELAND.

The grisly discovery of an elderly sister of Saint Brigid’s monastery strangled, bled dry,

and thrown into a bog is just the beginning. Soon a beautiful young nun is found decapitated

and hung from a barren tree. It doesn’t take long before the members of the struggling

monastic community of Kildare realize that not only are the nuns being hunted by a serial

killer, but the murderer is performing the gruesome slayings in the manner of the ancient

druidic sacrifi ces.

Set in the turmoil of sixth-century Ireland, where ruthless tribal kings wage constant

war for survival and the powerful religious order of the druids is threatened by the newly

arrived Christian church, the desperate task of fi nding the killer falls to Sister Deirdre, a

young woman torn between the world of the monastery and her own druidic heritage. Unless

Deirdre can fi nd the killer before the cycle of sacrifi ces is complete, more of her friends

will die, the monastery will face destruction, and the whole of Ireland may be plunged into

civil war.

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Sacrifice: A Celtic Adventure

SOMEONE IS KILLING THE NUNS OF IRELAND.

The grisly discovery of an elderly sister of Saint Brigid’s monastery strangled, bled dry,

and thrown into a bog is just the beginning. Soon a beautiful young nun is found decapitated

and hung from a barren tree. It doesn’t take long before the members of the struggling

monastic community of Kildare realize that not only are the nuns being hunted by a serial

killer, but the murderer is performing the gruesome slayings in the manner of the ancient

druidic sacrifi ces.

Set in the turmoil of sixth-century Ireland, where ruthless tribal kings wage constant

war for survival and the powerful religious order of the druids is threatened by the newly

arrived Christian church, the desperate task of fi nding the killer falls to Sister Deirdre, a

young woman torn between the world of the monastery and her own druidic heritage. Unless

Deirdre can fi nd the killer before the cycle of sacrifi ces is complete, more of her friends

will die, the monastery will face destruction, and the whole of Ireland may be plunged into

civil war.

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Sacrifice: A Celtic Adventure

Sacrifice: A Celtic Adventure

by Philip Freeman
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SOMEONE IS KILLING THE NUNS OF IRELAND.

The grisly discovery of an elderly sister of Saint Brigid’s monastery strangled, bled dry,

and thrown into a bog is just the beginning. Soon a beautiful young nun is found decapitated

and hung from a barren tree. It doesn’t take long before the members of the struggling

monastic community of Kildare realize that not only are the nuns being hunted by a serial

killer, but the murderer is performing the gruesome slayings in the manner of the ancient

druidic sacrifi ces.

Set in the turmoil of sixth-century Ireland, where ruthless tribal kings wage constant

war for survival and the powerful religious order of the druids is threatened by the newly

arrived Christian church, the desperate task of fi nding the killer falls to Sister Deirdre, a

young woman torn between the world of the monastery and her own druidic heritage. Unless

Deirdre can fi nd the killer before the cycle of sacrifi ces is complete, more of her friends

will die, the monastery will face destruction, and the whole of Ireland may be plunged into

civil war.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681772486
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 12/20/2016
Series: Sister Deirdre Mysteries Series , #2
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

PHILIP FREEMAN received his PhD in Classics and Celtic Studies at Harvard University and holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College. He is the author of thirteen books, including St. Patrick of Ireland, Julius Caesar, and Alexander the Great. He is also the author of Saint Brigid's Bones, the prequel to Sacrifice. Philip lives in Decorah, Iowa.
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