The Princess Niamh is glorious fair - perhaps too much so, for her beauty drives men to madness or to their deaths. Enter a mysterious bridegroom, the Hermit, with the tail and head of a lion, and the wings and claws of an eagle. But will he be able to claim his bride before an evil Count and his shadowy minions draw the Princess into perdition?

Written in the evocative style of Dunsany with all the creative world-building of Tolkien, Niamh and the Hermit is the epic story of true love, valor, life and death, passion, betrayal - and redemption.

"But as the days wore on, the counsellors grew fearful, for although they dearly loved their Sovereign and his Lady, and as much as they cherished Niamh — who could be brought to marry her? There were no nobles’ sons good enough to withstand her radiance, nor were there any other princes — for this was before the kingdoms split, and Gavron had no male heir. Even among the honest burghers, the mayors’ sons or the chandlers’, none were found to even withstand an hour in Niamh’s company. And it was not long before all the land trembled in fear."