Alynn McNeil has wanted one thing since her mother was kidnapped nearly five years ago: a home. A home with a garden, and friends down the street, and a church nearby where she is more than a wave in the sea of faces. But she’s lived in twenty-three houses in the past five years, and now her family is leaving their beloved home of Ireland for the faraway land of Scotland.
Unfortunately, their ship hits rough waters, and Alynn finds herself with nothing but a piece of driftwood and a broken heart. She drifts to an island—an island engaged in a decades-old war. Alynn’s arrival only escalates tensions between a Norse tribe and a lone monk named Lukas McCamden, the sole survivor of a massacre. Lukas rescues Alynn, but not before they’re discovered. Now, an invasion is clearly imminent.
With winter closing in, Lukas trains Alynn in sword fighting. Amid the flurry of adjusting to life in a strange new land, battling the elements, and learning about Lukas’s strange beliefs, Alynn finds her love for the monastery growing. She’s finally been given a home—and she’s willing to fight to the death to save it.
Ye're a lucky girl, Alynn, to never have seen such bloodshed," Lukas finished, "but I've a promise to keep to my father." His face was reflected in the glinting sword he held. "I vowed to him I would protect the monastery, and I will die keeping that vow.--Lukas McCamden, Where the Clouds Catch Fire
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