The Silver Hand of Tara: The Bird Kind’s Promise

IRELAND’S NEWEST THORNBEARER THOUGHT WITNESSING FIVE HUNDRED SOULS WOULD BE THE HARDEST THING HE’D EVER DO. HE WAS WRONG. Seventeen-year-old Finn O’Reilly survived the Battle of Tara and accepted the silver arm that marks him as heir to an ancient prophecy. Now he carries five hundred souls in his consciousness, their debts and memories pressing against his own until he can barely tell where Finn ends and Nuada’s legacy begins. The Thorn buried in his chest pulses with every heartbeat, binding him to Ireland’s magic whether he likes it or not. But Finn’s foster sister Orla is changing in ways that terrify him. Frost spreads from her fingertips when she touches growing things. Roses wilt and freeze in her hands. Winter whispers in her dreams, and the name everyone keeps repeating, the Cailleach, makes Orla’s eyes flash with recognition she shouldn’t have. When Finn and his companions journey north to Ulster, they’re not just witnessing Ireland’s forgotten dead. They’re racing against time to understand what’s happening to Orla before an ancient goddess claims her completely. Along the way, Finn discovers that his friend Barnibus is hiding more than giant blood; he’s the reincarnation of Fionn mac Cumhaill, the legendary Bird King, and his seven impossible doors are beginning to open, whether he wants them to or not. MEMORY IS CURRENCY. DEBT IS DESTINY. AND WINTER IS COMING FOR THE SISTER FINN PROMISED TO PROTECT. In a world where gods bargain in blood and prophecy, where the land remembers every promise ever made, Finn must learn what it truly means to be a Thornbearer because witnessing the dead is one thing. Watching the people you love transform into something ancient and terrible is another. Perfect for readers who loved Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series but are ready for higher stakes, genuine consequences, and mythology that bites back.