Bernadette is suddenly swept up into Cullan's plans. His goal is to put together a fighting force to challange the queen. Bernie is on the move with a small group of warriers, Druids, men and Slig, who are relying on her and the special magic she has to win the first battle and ultimately the war. But the queen is gathering a force of fighters such as haven't been seen in Scotland for hundreds of years, the Fianna, warriors with godlike strength who have been in the underworld for centuries, and Bernie has never been in a war, much less as a warrior.