{"product_id":"broken-rites-donald-quill-9798998988158","title":"Broken Rites: Special Edition: Book Two of the Songs of the Crowmother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIreland's soul is unraveling.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lia Fáil-the sacred coronation stone and the heart of Ireland's spiritual network-has vanished. Without it, the ancient connections binding groves, wells, and standing stones collapse one by one, leaving the land vulnerable to a growing force known only as the Hollowed. Their influence spreads with chilling precision, stripping druids, monks, and kings of the very thing that makes them human: the power to choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh Priestess Neassa feels the rupture like a wound in her spirit. With Tara's rituals failing and sacred sites falling silent, she summons the one woman who has faced this darkness before. Ríona-reborn by divine will after her sacrifice in the Otherworld-returns to a land sliding toward spiritual extinction. Her divine sight reveals a threat more insidious than war: a perfect, peaceful emptiness that convinces its victims to surrender willingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs corruption spreads across the island, Ireland's leaders fracture. Some resist. Some falter. And others, like Queen Medb of Connacht, seize the moment to forge dangerous alliances that could shift the balance of power forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith kingdoms gathering at Tara and the Hollowed tightening their grip, Neassa and Ríona must assemble the remaining bloodline keepers-descendants of Ireland's first kings whose ancestral memories may hold the key to resisting the tide. Among them stands a mysterious warrior with a history steeped in rebellion and loss, and whose arrival changes everything they thought they knew about Ireland's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, this unlikely band must confront corrupted rituals, twisted diplomacy, and an enemy that turns unity into weaponry. To save Ireland, they must defend the very thing the Hollowed seek to erase: the messy, painful, beautiful chaos of consciousness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Rites\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping historical fantasy of Celtic gods, ancient power, spiritual warfare, and the resilience of the human will. Rich with mythological depth and driven by high-stakes emotion, it continues the epic saga begun in \u003cem\u003eEchoes of the Otherworld\u003c\/em\u003e-a story of guardianship, sacrifice, and a land fighting not only for survival, but for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Quill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998988158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forgotten Rites Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Donald Quill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852672545023,"sku":"9798998988158","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-rites-donald-quill-9798998988158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}