When Goda Makin sings down the moon for her son, Petroc, the boy believes he can achieve any ambition. But this is 18th century Cornwall and his first love, Catriona Bostock, is out of reach for a fisher boy. Growing from ambitious boy to vengeful man, Petroc Makin sets in motion a train of events which will affect many people. Most of all it will affect the lovely Tamar, whose own attempts to sing down the moon bring her into the gravest danger.
Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.
As Catherine Darby, Maureen Peters wrote books that were sold as Gothics, such as the 12 books in the Falcon Saga, but were really what Sarah calls "dark family sagas." Or more precisely, she describes their plot lines this way: "Themes of illicit passion, family rivalry, witchcraft, revenge, and even reincarnation permeated the novels…"