This fantasy adventure begins at Monastery Farm, Cumbria, England. Niall Carver, the farmer’s twelve-year-old son, hears a blood-curdling scream from an ancient well in the farmhouse garden. He rescues a gothic-looking, dark-haired girl in leather boots and a short dress, her limbs dappled with black markings. The girl introduces herself as Sathra.
Niall does some research and finds the truth, that Sathra has come through a time warp from the thirteenth century to the present day. At first Niall suspects she’s a banshee, though Sathra insists she’s a dryad. The distinction is important because banshees are evil, dryads the opposite. What Niall doesn’t know is that, to return to her own time, Sathra the Banshee must restore her magical powers by sacrificing a boy her own age. Niall would fit the bill perfectly, though she has to lure him to a place of sacrifice, an ancient stone circle close to the farm. Now believing Sathra is a dryad, Niall looks forward to a series of adventures similar to those in his favourite television programmes.
These adventures quickly follow, but all the while Sathra is plotting the dreaded sacrifice…
Niall does some research and finds the truth, that Sathra has come through a time warp from the thirteenth century to the present day. At first Niall suspects she’s a banshee, though Sathra insists she’s a dryad. The distinction is important because banshees are evil, dryads the opposite. What Niall doesn’t know is that, to return to her own time, Sathra the Banshee must restore her magical powers by sacrificing a boy her own age. Niall would fit the bill perfectly, though she has to lure him to a place of sacrifice, an ancient stone circle close to the farm. Now believing Sathra is a dryad, Niall looks forward to a series of adventures similar to those in his favourite television programmes.
These adventures quickly follow, but all the while Sathra is plotting the dreaded sacrifice…
