The Starry Child
by Lynn Hanna

Since the tragic death of her father, eight-year-old Sasha Nielson has not spoken a word. Her mother, Rainey, has taken her to doctors and therapists, but medical science has not found the cause or the cure for Sasha's silence. There are days when her behavior is baffling, even potentially dangerous, particularly during lightning storms. The authorities threaten to take her away and time is running out.

One man sees beyond Sasha's actions. Matt Macinnes is a gifted professor of ancient languages, a man who senses that there is a key to Sasha's silence, that she may in fact be guarding a secret of such profound and terrifying dimensions that it staggers the imagination. Could this All- American little girl truly be carrying around the restless soul of an exiled Celtic queen of old?

THE STARRY CHILD is a spellbinding adventure, a tale as timeless as the mystic legends of the ancients, yet as vibrant and alive as those whose fates now hang in the balance. It's the story of a young widow who learns that her own destiny is forever tied to an undying love held in trust in the heart of a little girl.

Lynn Hanna's Bio

For Lynn Hanna, the lush hills and mystical evening fog that are so much the signature of the San Francisco Bay Area have always brought to mind more distant shores. It's not hard for her to transform the golden California coast into a rugged cove hidden far off the remotest point in the Orkney Isles or to have the sight of a thousand-year-old Sequoia Redwood tree send her imagination racing back to the day of the tree's birth.

A native of Seattle, Washington, after her college years, Lynn followed her heart to San Francisco. She has lived close by ever since, raising her two children, working in the fine jewelry industry, and pursuing the true love of her life, storytelling. Her work has nurtured a passion for doing research into the lives and culture of ancient peoples and has provided her with the opportunity to learn something very few people learn in modern times, Scottish Gaelic. She has discovered that Gaelic is not just a means of communication, it's also a channel into the nature of that most complex and illusive commodity, the Gael mindset.

With family and friends close by, she dedicates her time to "letting her characters tell their stories," to enriching her education at a nearby university, and to tending the small menagerie in her house and yard, some of whom you might recognize from her work. Her goal is to bring her stories to life for readers and to share her love of all things Celtic.