The Ark of Dun Ruah, Book 1
by Maria Burke
Reached #1 on the Irish Children's Fiction Bestseller list!'Where are you going in such a hurry?' Kerry asked Pod, the blue Owl. He flitted nervously around her shoulders. 'the eagles are after me,' he panted. 'they're coming around the corner. this time they'll get me. I'm done for...'The quiet life of Kilbeggin is shattered when a horde of Giant Eagles descend on it. They are bent on an evil mission. Brother and sister Simon and Kerry Macken are hurled into an adventure almost beyond their control. No one believes their friend Pod, the blue Owl, when he claims that the eagles are trying to abduct him. Simon witnesses a vicious eagle attack on a mysterious stranger in a grey cloak. And it's clear that this man has some kind of supernatural power over the eagles.On board the legendary ship, the Ark of Dun Ruah, Pod comes face to face with the deadly force of evil, this threat comes form a remote monastic island. Does the man in the grey cloak really have power over the eagles?...