Magdalena Glover had been given a mysterious casket by her grandmother but she required ten dance medals to open it. She also had to contend with her jealous cousin Phyllis who was determined to stop her getting the medals.
When the Islanders of lonely Inisban off the wild Irish Coast rescued a ship’s doctor, Micheal O’Meara, from the sea they decided to keep him prisoner to doctor them, helped by Pegean Myne who was versed in herbal lore.
When Cathbad, the Archdruid, prophesies out of spite that Deirdre will be the death of many heroes and the down-fall of the Kingdom of Ulster, King Conchobar banishes her and an old woman called Levarcham to a barren island in the hope that both will perish.
