The saga of Bennibister continues. There are tensions in the marriage of Isobel and Charles as the the land loses its total grip on him and the sea beckons. Near death brings love and new blood. Enter the third Norn, teller of tales, giver of wise council, guider of the fates.

There are three novellas in the Bennibister series; Bennibister (the Place of the Horse), The Wedding at Bennibister, and the last in the series, The Third Norn (at Bennibister).