The Banshee's Lantern

Saoirse Brennan reluctantly returns to her grandmother's house in the remote Irish village of Kilrowan after receiving a mysterious letter about settling the estate. Having fled twelve years earlier for the certainty of London's rational world, she finds herself drawn back into the village's dark folklore-particularly the tragic tale of Cillian and Maeve, forbidden lovers separated by fire and family cruelty in 1847. As unsettling phenomena begin occurring in her grandmother's cottage-footsteps in empty rooms, whispers on the wind, and objects moving on their own-Saoirse struggles to maintain her skepticism as the boundary between story and reality grows increasingly thin.

When Saoirse encounters a weeping figure among the ancient standing stones on the bog, she can no longer deny what the village has always known: some loves transcend death, and some debts demand payment across generations. Thrust into the role of keeper that her grandmother held before her, Saoirse must decide whether to embrace her family's obligation to right an old wrong, or flee back to the comfortable lies of the rational world. Her choice will determine not only the fate of two souls trapped between worlds, but also whether she can find a home in a place where the impossible walks hand-in-hand with the everyday.