The Morrígna, the three Sisters of Strife who incite wars in the Land of Eire, have a potential fourth initiate. Brighid, the faery, has failed her initiation task eight times: she must steal the saved coin of Laird Leannán of Faodail. But how to conduct a theft from afar? To complete the impossible task set before her, the faery must arrange a marriage, form a central bank, partner with the ruling Prince Balor, and fund both sides of an Ulster battle, all while a Scots knight, Sir Gavenleigh of Stane, attempts to save the shire folk from the financial sorcery of Brighid, her mother, and her unscrupulous aunts.