Welcome to Ifreann... ... once known as Hell's Gate. Bryndis Kenneally is an anomaly, which is saying something when you live in a place once called Hell. Despite being born into a family of healers, she is unable to follow in their footsteps since disturbing visions overwhelm her with almost every human touch. With few allies at her back, she keeps her head down... until a freak sandstorm brings more than she bargained for-a man of shadows who seeks retribution, a crow that follows her everywhere, and two strangers who appear inside the locked gates of Ifreann. Two strangers with a message for Bryndis and her friends. But will these strangers be her end? Or will they be her salvation? Either way, she knows one thing is for certain. She can no longer pretend to be a normal woman among a town looking for witches to burn. Book one in the Clan of Shadows series, a dystopian paranormal fantasy series with elements of Celtic mythology. TW: sexual content, religious trauma, religious cults, witch prosecution, domestic violence, abuse (past and present by family member), emotional abuse, scenes of war, and death.