A saga of Ireland and the Irish, full of characters and, not least, horses Cornanagh, the Carradyne family estate, is flourishing, and, under the sternly knowledgeable eye of her father, Michael, 13 year old Catriona is growing in stature as a rider Behind the easy life an emotional abyss is to open however, as her mother slips over the edge into a shadowy world of fanaticism and madness