Julius Caesar wrote of the Celts: The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another. Seven Sisters. The infamous collection of stars align with the full moon on Hallo een, alighting the sky for a destiny that s waited centuries. Dru, a gifted, but tormented witch living alone on the coast of Ireland wakes to find Ty, her long-time love, mysteriously disappeared. In Paris, Katerina, an oppressed but talented dancer bravely takes the stage in one final performance before escaping a life of tyranny, looking for a freedom she d only known in dreams. Aodh, The Dagda, a man made of ancient legends, has slumbered for two millennia. Tonight, when the moon is full and the stars are aligned, he rises from his temporary grave to find the world is not as he remembers. His people, his family, his tribe have vanquished, along with the majority of his considerable power. Chance takes him to Dru, and together they set out to find the key to reopening his world, whilst forming a bond of friendship neither has ever previously known. During their search, Dru learns Ty was no mortal man, but a god with a prophecy to fulfill. Ty died before fulfilling that prophecy, setting off a chain of events that would forever alter the future. Devastated, Dru abandons Aodh and the life that should have already been hers, and finds herself in the company of the worst sort. She begins a sordid affair with Kas, a daemon whose insatiable lust for power is only outdone by his lust for Dru. Separated from the only friend he knows, Aodh is left to search the world alone for answers. He meets the beautiful dancer, Katerina, and is instantly smitten. He stays near her, pretending to be mortal, gaining her friendship. On Katerina s birthday, just as Aodh is ready to concede to a life of mortality, Katerina is ripped from him by Kas. Aodh s ideas on remaining mortal are no more; he has to unlock the secrets to his world that will open a trove of unimaginable power to save the two women he loves, before time is no longer in his favour, and he loses everything.
Dayna was born late July, 1976 to German/Irish parents in Niles, Ohio. Also the birthplace of a U.S. President, it's small-town charm and history nurtured a young girl's vivid imagination. At age twelve, she moved to Maryland where she got her thirst for travel and a different way of life. During this time, she wrote extensively in diaries. It would be these journals that would later remind Dayna of her passion, inspiring her to complete the first Tuatha book.
At fifteen, she moved back home to Ohio to her ailing grandmother, and it is in her honor Dayna has chosen VonThaer as her pen name. She moved to Pittsburgh, immediately after high school, fueling her thirst for travel.
In 2003, Dayna and her husband welcomed their third child into the world and an entirely new woman was born with the arrival of her little girl. Her writing came to the forefront again, as if the birth of her daughter had stirred up the dormant pot of her creativity. Grabbing any free moment possible, she wrote into the late hours of the night, creating stories and characters saved in blogs and notebooks. At age twenty-nine, feeling the need to do one thing for herself before hitting thirty, she took a trip to London. Having loved it so much, her husband encouraged her to go a second time. It was during this trip that she met inspiration at Sunday dinner with friends.
Filled with inspiration and started the hefty task of not only writing a novel, but finishing it. She's traveled all over, having lived in Washington D.C., London, Boston and Dallas. She wrote the majority of Tuatha and the Seven Sisters Moon while in Salem, Massachusetts, inspired by it's dark history and bright future. The first in the Tuatha series debuts October 31, 2009.
