Prelude to a Poet-Seer

Book of Fedelm: Book 1

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Genres

Mythology Retellings, Celtic Mythology, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Violence and Rape

Type of Ending

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Series

Book of Fedelm — Book 1

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Publication Date

Oct 30, 2026

Page Length

336 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Prelude to a Poet-Seer

Book of Fedelm: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Fighting to be heard. Fighting for the truth.

A deep dive into Celtic lore through a mythic retelling set in Iron Age Ireland. A story about Fedelm—the poet and prophetess in the ancient Irish epic, The Táin.

Within Fedelm arises a powerful poetic and prophetic voice, a voice her tribe tries to have silenced forever with a tongue-binding curse.

To liberate her voice from the curse, Fedelm pledges to the queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann to become a poet-seer and tell the untold tales about the peoples who ruled Ireland long ago.

But Fedelm finds the path to becoming a poet-seer novice difficult and dangerous. And if she fails to uphold the pledge, the otherworldly queen will bind her tongue forevermore.

Prelude to a Poet-Seer is the first book in the Book of Fedelm series.

For fans of Juliet Marillier and Shauna Lawless.

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