The New Policeman (26 page)

Authors: Kate Thompson

Tuatha de Danaan
(TOO ’ha dA Dah n’n, Too watha day danan)—Literally meaning,
People of the Goddess Danu
, the Tuatha de Danaan were immortal beings who possessed magical abilities and excelled at art, poetry, music, and warfare. They were pushed out of their homeland and relegated to the sidhe, where they remained forever young.

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About the Author

Kate Thompson
has trained racehorses in England and the USA, and has traveled extensively in India. Over the last few years she developed a passion for playing the fiddle as well as for renovating old musical instruments.

Kate Thompson lives on the west coast of Ireland.

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Credits

Cover design by Paul Zakris

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE NEW POLICEMAN
. Copyright © 2005 by Kate Thompson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub © Edition DECEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061975745

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