The Well of Shadows is the third book of the trilogy The Chronicles of
Bridei, Juliet Marillier, who once again surprise
us with its engaging
narrative. In the Well of Shadows Faolan in Ireland secret
mission by order of King Bridei of Fortriu, must follow the trail of a
powerful Christian clergy that can be a threat to the stability of the
pagan kingdom of Bridei, in addition to having to face the their demons
past, Faolan must also give a news of the death of a brave warrior,
your family, which gave his life for it. To find the family
this Faolan, finds Eile the daughter of the warrior, a young suspicious
and disturbed, accustomed to a life of labuta, abuse and deprivation,
by their uncle. Faolan
ultimately engage in a flight with Eile, when it
ended the life of his uncle. So ultimately be responsible for the life
of Eile and Saraid, and leads them with for their demand.
Faolan ultimately find his family, which
thought lost long ago, because
in an ironic twist of fate, before he be a spy, Faolan had been a
bardo, which had in Young, a chief-of-war Uí Néill in opting for the
life of the older brother, or the life of his entire family. Finally
forgiven by his father, the choice that had to be done, to finally
Tuesday peace of mind, which again provided a great will to live.
To Eile, the journey to Fortriu is a confrontation, it is accustomed to
a life difficult, Young sees itself is a strange world full of new
lessons, where the main challenge is learning trust in people, ending
at the end to find your love, a feeling that thought to be impossible
to ever come to feel. In cutting Bridei, Mont Blanc, disturbing
news emanating from the neighboring kingdom of Circinn, lead the King
to convene the council their heads-of-war. After the disappearance of
druida Broichan, the principal adviser to Bridei, a possible betrayal
of one of its heads-of-war more arrived and tragic death of a young
created, the threat caused by the growing influence of Christianity
seems to be the lesser of dangers ... Because the great danger is
within their own cut.