Finalist in the "fantasy" category of the 2014 Readers' Favorite book awards The Tir Athair series introduces medieval fantasy to a wide audience, bringing intrigue, adventure, and a little romance into a highly accessible and engaging saga. A troupe of entertainers rides into town on the eve of a kingdom's fall into chaos. The good king has died and twin princes grapple for the throne. Forced into servitude, the players witness deceit that enslaves people from the king's guard all the way down to a young washerwoman forced to live three lives. When Riordan takes the crown, his twin indentures the minstrel into recording the kingdom's true history, a decision that condemns both Liam and the prince to a death sentence. MINSTREL details the start of a civil war, through the eyes of a minstrel whose life of poverty becomes a much more dangerous game.