Before she became legend, she had to survive the making of herself.

Scáthach is not yet the warrior feared across the Celtic world. She is not yet the woman whose name will be spoken in whispers, whose blade will shape heroes, whose shadow will stretch across myth.

She is a daughter, a sister, a woman born into a world of kings, blood-oaths, sacred violence, and men who believe power belongs only to them.

But Scáthach was never made to kneel.

When betrayal and brutality tear away the life she was meant to inherit, Scáthach is forced onto a path where survival is not enough. To endure, she must become dangerous. To protect what remains of herself, she must master the very violence used against her. And to claim a future in a world determined to erase her, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice.

As gods press close to mortal lives and old powers stir beneath the surface of the world, Scáthach’s choices will forge more than her own fate. They will shape the woman history will remember as warrior, teacher, exile, and shadow.

Woman of Shadows is the first book in The Scáthach Cycle, a mythic historical fantasy series blending Celtic mythology, warrior queens, political betrayal, sacred violence, and the brutal making of a legend.