Grain by Grain- A glimpse of the two young Riordan boys- a misbehaving Casey and a curious Patrick-seen through the eyes of their father, Brian.Īthalia's Shoes- A pair of red shoes and a story that has been waiting to be told for three decades. Terence McGinty, 'the brother of his soul, if not his blood' is right there beside him, seeing the events of his war-torn country and counting the cost to them all. Brendan Riordan, a leader in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, is at the center of the conflict and caught between the love of a woman and dedication to his country. Spindrift- Caught in a fierce storm off the coast of Ireland, Brian Riordan is shipwrecked with a mysterious young man on a timeless island.Īnother Man's Country- Ireland of the 1920s, a time of rebellion and brother fighting against brother. These stories are the spindrift of the Exit Unicorns series. In a book series, the waves build one upon the next, and for each wave there is the spindrift, the bits of story that build around those big books, but have no real place within them.

Stories are like waves, slowly building and coming in toward the shore. This spray, which 'drifts' in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. Spindrift usually refers to spray, particularly the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale.

Spindrift by Cindy Brandner