Blade of Baz is the first installment in the Legends of Gaeltach series, a YA-leaning portal fantasy that follows two siblings who are drawn from an ordinary contemporary setting into a fully realized secondary world shaped by old rivalries, contested histories, and living legend. The novel focuses less on puzzle-box plotting and more on atmosphere, character perspective, and the experience of arriving “new” into a place where stories and symbols carry real weight.

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