This first novel By Kelly Heckart tells a story of Britain and the Celts at the time the Roman Empire was beginning to fall.
The central Character, Nemu is a Water Fairy in love with a Roman Officer who finds himself struggling to overcome blind, dutiful loyalty to Rome in an effort to help his true people (the Celts) maintain and regain their homeland.
The characters and the story have heavy Arthurian overtones (although Lancelot in this story is played by a Red-headed celtic Lesbian), but the plot does not play out like the legends, or even the Baden Hill version of historical Arthur. This does make for a surprising ending, which is good, and lays the groundwork for future novels following on from this one. My hope is that the characters in future works will be developed more fully, since they were at times a little two dimensional.
Undoubtedly this is part of a growth process for the author and I expect her future work to be more rounded and to appeal to a much larger audience. This first book, in my opinion, is probably best suited for mature teens.
