Fantasy fiction with Celtic influence for today's adolescent reader. Meryl's mother was a great bard - a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps. Highly spirited and curious, she has broken a sacred rule and has been suspended from her studies. Undaunted, Meryl decides to achieve her goal in a different way - she undertakes a special quest in search of the mythical Avalon. Her great adventure leads her to find her own true voice through music and song.

Set in a time when legends and superstition are part of everyday life, A Riddle of Roses is an intriguing fantasy springing from Celtic myth and tradition. In it, Caryl Cude Mullin has created a vivid world, peopled by memorable, if not always human, characters.