"Dean puts readers right into the action-and into the mind of the strategic prince who plays the long game. Dean offers a wealth of insight into turn-of-the-first-millennium royal life. The prose is crisp and swift, with occasional poetic flights. Fans of morally gray historical fiction that explores the complexities of power will relish this-and eagerly anticipate the follow-up."

-Booklife/Publishers Weekly Editor's Pick

"Filled with captivating, complex characters, Far Side of Revenge is a remarkable feat of storytelling. The world of medieval Ireland springs to life before your eyes."

-Cam Terwilliger, author of The Counterfeiter, winner Historical Novel Society's New Novel Award and the Caledonia Award for novels in progress

"Anne Dean's new novel Far Side of Revenge is a well-researched and atmospheric re-telling of the early life of a young Brian Boru. The novel charts Brian Boru's remarkable rise to power in tenth century medieval Ireland. Dealing with Brian's family, the geography of medieval north Munster and Brian's great rivals, the Hiberno-Norse of Limerick, this novel

Well-researched and atmospheric, this re-telling of the early life of a young Brian Boru, is a gripping and interesting account of one medieval Irishman's rise to greatness against all odds."

Darren McGettigan, Doctor of Irish history

Author of six books on medieval and early modern Irish history

I was in my mother's womb when my sister's husband, the high-king of Ireland, chopped her head off. "This extraordinary first line sets in motion a fascinating historical novel that proves Anne Dean a shrewd and talented writer. The Familial intrigues and political scheming that shaped Ireland a thousand years ago remain eerily relevant today."

Ross West, author of The Fragile Blue Dot: Stories from Our Imperiled Biosphere