sentences:  (Patricia Kennealy-Morrison; hc 1996; pb 1997)
  
  "Blackmantle" is the story of Athyn Cahanagh, who, by prowess in battle and the acclamation of the people, rose from humble origins to be High Queen of Keltia.It is a tale of how will and love can transcend the bonds of death itself.When her husband and king, the legendary bard Morric Douglas, is torn from her by deception and slain by treachery, Athyn rides out, first to seek vengeance from those who betrayed Morric to his death, and then, with the assistance of the Sidhe lord Allyn, on to the Otherworld of Annwn to try to wrest her beloved back to her side from Arawn himself, the god who is lord of death and fate.