Bestselling author Juliet Marilliers Sevenwaters series has been praised as a magnificent saga Alernative Worlds that is a gripping tale of enduring love Publishers Weekly. Now, Marillier returns to Sevenwaters with the story of a young woman destined to unlock the secrets of the Otherworld Maeve, daughter of Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, was badly burned as a child and carries the legacy of that fire in her crippled hands. After ten years, shes returning home, having grown into a courageous, forthright woman with a special gift for gentling difficult animals. But while her bodys scars have healed, her spirit remains fragile, fearing the shadows of her past. Sevenwaters is in turmoil. The fey prince Mac Dara has become desperate to see his only son, married to Maeves sister, return to the Otherworld.