Story Behind The Book
It started as a short story about a witch living alone in Ireland. For my 30th birthday, my husband gave me the gift of travel. I visited London alone and met up with friends one night for dinner at their parent's house. The dad is an old Irish guy; so smart and clever. He and the sons started going back and forth about my name, Dayna. He then told me stories of the Tuatha De Danaan and how I am named after the mother Goddess, Danu. It stuck with me and the short story about the Irish witch blossomed into 800,000 words. My husband urged me to turn it into a book, and so I did. At least seven books are written. The first of them is Tuatha and the Seven Sisters Moon and how their story is reborn in the new modern world.
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This book has surprises around every corner. Nothing is what it appears to be at first. Characters we grow to love and know die, they hurt, they experience true pain. The book is also surprisingly humorous, the dialogue is realistic and fresh. The best part is the writing is superb. VonThaer's world is vivid and exciting, her characters are well-rounded and deep, and her style is unique. The book is 418 pages, but you breeze through it because the story is so rich and entrancing. I've read it a few times now and each time I find bits and pieces I've missed the previous time around. DT Sullivan