The Snowmelt River

Four friends, Alan, Kate, Mark and Mo are drawn to the fabled Irish mountain of Slievenamon, on the summit of which is the Gate of Feimhin. The gate is a doorway to another world, one that has remained closed for centuries, forgotten by all but one man, Padraig, who guards its secrets as have countless generations of his family before him. With Padraig's help they pass through the gate, to enter the enchanted but war-ravaged world of Tír, a land where danger threatens at every turn. The four must learn the use of magic if they are to survive and win – and they had better learn quickly, because their enemy, the Tyrant of the Wastelands, has found them, and he has taken control of the ultimate source of magic on Tír, the legendary Fáil...