From the golden age of the Celtic Revival comes a boy who leaves his father's fishing nets for a world where magic breathes and ancient powers stir. Padraic Colum, the poet-novelist who helped resurrect the old Irish tales, weaves Eean's story with the same mythic weight he brought to The Children of Odin. A poor fisherman's son is chosen by a stranger in a brass boat, drawn into apprenticeship under the great enchanter Zabulun, and thrust into a quest that will determine the fate of kingdoms. The prize: a magical mirror capable of shifting the balance of power in Babylon. Along the way, Eean encounters horses fit for a king, creatures that belong to the oldest stories, and trials that will forge him into something greater than the boy who once mended nets on an ordinary shore. This is the kind of adventure that makes children believe the world holds more than what they can see. It endures because it understands that every young person stands at the threshold of a mysterious world, waiting to be called across.
