The Pictish Princess… and other stories from before there was a Scotland

Publisher’s description:

In a land uneasily divided between four nations – Picts, Gaels, Britons and Northumbrians – but united by a thousand stories and a single faith (just about), a girl can dream.

Monks, mercenaries and mothers can also dream. But dreams can be dangerous. They lead to lost babies, twins torn apart, fatefully mistaken identities and unchosen transformations.

Over the course of twenty years, a handful of dreamers from all four nations cross paths, culminating in a series of revelations, confrontations and reconciliations. There are battles, sieges and political intrigue as well as love lost, love found, betrothal, betrayal and – perhaps – a kind of magic.