What begins as a burden becomes a test of will. The Hand whispers of power but hungers for ruin. To master it, Finn must walk a path through watching forests, restless cairns, and shadows that feed on broken promises. Allies gather, but trust is thin. Each carries scars that remind them the land keeps its own account, and every oath has a cost.
If Finn fails, the island will break again. If he endures, he may yet turn a curse into something greater.
The Silver Hand of Tara begins a saga where myth is not past but present, and where survival is only the first step toward becoming more than human.
Michael Dunn is a tattooed, old-school goonie with a knack for turning chaos into stories that punch you in the gut and make you laugh while you’re bleeding. Raised on hard lessons and harder choices, he writes across genres with the same unflinching honesty he lives by. From teaching the digitally cursed to survive their computers (Help! My Computer Is Smarter Than Me) to dragging readers through the corporate purgatory of call centers (Tech-Support), Dunn never sugarcoats the struggle. His motivational book Don’t Fing Quit* is a battle cry for anyone on the edge of giving up, while The Silver Hand of Tara hurls readers into Celtic myth and demigod madness. And when he’s not wrecking your excuses, Old School Professionalism slices through workplace nonsense with the same fire. By day, he’s a global IT leader who’s run tech for governments, Fortune 500s, and hyperscale clouds. By night, he’s a husband, dad of five in Kenmare, Ireland, and a storyteller who bleeds truth into every line.