In the Shadow of the Solstice

<p><b>A </b><b>devastating feminist reimagining of </b><b>Arthurian </b><b>legend set in the dark and dangerous years after the Romans left Britain.</b><br><br>Nin is joining the gilded world of her sister's husband - a powerful man known only as the Bear. It's midwinter and there's victory to feast. And where better than at the Hall high above the mists of the Lake?<br><br><b>Why is the Lake so unsettled?</b><br><br>The bonds of love and ambition once united the Family. But as night falls and the shadows lengthen, dark secrets and unruly passions threaten to rip it apart.<br><br><b>What is the strange crying only Nin can hear?</b><br><br>Torn between loyalty and desire - between rage and fear - Nin must fight to the death to uncover a terrible truth.<br><br><b>Who will live to see the sun rise?</b><br><b><br>Praise for Meg Clothier:</b><br>'A wonderfully rich and absorbing tale' <i><b>Observer</b><br></i>'Expertly crafted and beautifully told' <b>Jennifer Saint</b><br>'What an extraordinary book' <b>Harriet Tyce</b><br>'A ravishing, erudite feminist hijack of Renaissance Florence' <b>Alice Albinia</b><br>'Mysterious, bewitching and beautiful' <b>Elizabeth Lee</b><br>'Brutal and haunting' <b>Melissa Fu</b></p>