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  Tales from Opa

  Three Tales of Tir na n'Og

  By

  Darragh Metzger

  Praise for the works of Darragh Metzger

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  Tales from Opa:

  "Darragh has a gift for storytelling, a very readable 'voice,' and I like the intriguing combination of characters. Throwing a committed and self-doubting Christian into the Faerie world is a brilliant device."

  Elizabeth Moon

  Author of The Speed of Dark and The Deed of Paksenarrion

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  "'Tales from Opa' is a wonderfully detailed book. Darragh Metzger does a fantastic job of painting the world of Tir na n'og in full sensuous detail. Join her on a trip through a fantastic place where honor means all. Follow brave Cavaliers, cunning Rangers, and skilled Mystics as they fight for the fabulous greater Fey."

  Brenda Cooper

  Author of The Silver Ship and the Sea trilogy

  Co-author, with Larry Niven, of Building Harlequin's Moon

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  "Metzger's fantasy worlds are beautifully crafted. She draws you in with crystal clear prose and holds onto you until book's end. At the end, you come away refreshed. Satisfied. Metzger is a promising new talent readers are going to hear a lot more about in the years ahead."

  Patrick Swenson

  Publisher, Fairwood Press and Talebones Magazine

  Other Books by Darragh Metzger

  From TFA Press:

  The Strawberry Roan

  The Triads of Tir na n'Og series:

  Ironwolfe

  The Triads of Tir na n'Og

  Available in Autumn of 2011:

  The Red Triad

  The Green Triad

  Available in 2012:

  The Blue Triad

  The Ironlords

  Upcoming:

  The Knights of the Far Horizon series: Knight Moves

  Spare the Lamia Her Tears

  For more information, please visit:

  www.TFAPress.com

  or

  www.DarraghMetzger.com

  Tales from Opa, Copyright © 1998, 2010

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  PUBLISHED BY:

  A TFA Press Original

  Lynnwood, Washington

  www.tfapress.com

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  Cover design by Dameon Willich

  Copyright © 2002, 2010

  Cover art by Dameon Willich

  Copyright © 2002, 2011

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  Acknowledgements

  It has been such a long, long road to get here….

  Love and thanks to Mom and Dad, who never gave up on me for some reason, and kept insisting I could do anything.

  Away back when, I ran this book, chapter-by-chapter, through the Fairwood Writers group. They read and critiqued each word, sometimes through several versions. And though it's now years ago, I still owe more thanks than I can express to them for the invaluable help, criticism, support, and encouragement that kept me going.

  Many thanks to all the performers of the Seattle Knights and players of The Fantasy Alternative, past and present, who generously agreed to let me write about their characters, their horses, embarrassing moments in their pasts, real and imagined, and basically let me do whatever I wanted with them. Suckers.

  Major thanks to Doug Herring, without whose gorgeous artwork and generous coaching neither my own website nor the TFA Press site would have come to pass, and to the lovely and talented Ann Shilling, trail riding companion and proof-reader extraordinaire. Any remaining errors are mine, mine, and mine alone.

  And, first and foremost, to Dameon Willich, husband, friend, partner, and inspiration, who first created this version of Tir na n'Og, and has brought it to life for so many people through his art, his games, his stories, his performances. Thank you for sharing. And for the biscuit-eaters.