A Band of Roses is an alternate history adventure set in modern day Ireland. The "what if" premise of the story supposes that Irish High King Brian Boru survived the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 A.D. and founded a dynasty that rules Ireland to this day.
     Irish Crown Princess TALTY BORU, daughter of the current KING BRIAN, becomes a pawn not only in the high-stakes gamble for suboceanic oil, but in a scheme to seize the throne of England when greed prompts England's Regent to claim a tiny Irish island in the North Atlantic. The theft sparks an international incident that escalates into murder and treason.
     Multiple attempts on Talty's life force King Brian to send her away to protect her, though he unwittingly sends her into further danger. From Japan to California, Talty must hide her true identity until her elders can set things straight. She can't disguise her ingrained training as a one of Ireland's ancient Fian warriors, however.
     Her recruitment into International Security Forces' top secret Peregrine Project allows her to visit an eleventh century Ireland preparing for the Battle of Clontarf and a desert inhabited by Bedouin-like peoples. She finds romance and adventure in these strange places and brings back a discovery worth more than any oil well, yet all she wants is to return to her family and her lifelong friend and protector NEIL BORU, the adoptive cousin she secretly loves and can't have—or so she thinks. Talty's warrior cousin has a secret of his own, one that emerges as the Boru clan works with England's MI6 to thwart an invasion of Ireland and bring Talty home.