When clan leader Garrett MacNamaraxs dead body is found on the road after a herd of cows has escaped what was initially assumed to be a tragic case of him being squashed to a pulp by livestock becomes more sinister when a local claims they saw a chain attached to the mutilated body x which has now disappeared Mara and her scholars must now investigate was Slaney Garrettxs wife threatened by two new arrivals or is she being blamed for his murder to clear the way for a new leader
