The Lost Queen

In sixth-century Scotland, Languoreth is the daughter of a petty king and the twin sister of Lailoken, a warrior and druid who history would remember through the legend of Merlin. Raised in the old ways, versed in the healing arts and the wisdom of the Wisdom Keepers, Languoreth is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, a prince sympathetic to the rising force of Christianity. Torn between duty to her kingdom, love for another man, and her fight to preserve the pagan traditions being swept away around her, Languoreth must become a queen at a moment of upheaval and bloodshed. Pike reconstructs a real forgotten woman from the roots of Arthurian legend.