Tento autor sa zameriava na klasické a keltské štúdiá, pričom svoje písanie považuje za rozšírenie svojej pedagogickej činnosti. Jeho cieľom je zdieľať svoje vedomosti a nadšenie s čitateľmi, rovnako ako so svojimi študentmi. Dúfa, že čitatelia ocenia jeho diela rovnako ako on sám pri ich tvorbe.
Keltská detektivka. Historický dobrodružný román s kriminální zápletkou Kosti svaté Brigity je prvním dílem příběhů z Irska na počátku šestého století, kdy se v Irsku šířilo křesťanství. Vypravěčkou je mladá sestra Deirdre, půvabná a vzdělaná, která putuje po kraji a pátrá po vzácných ostatcích svaté Brigity, které někdo vzal z kostela. I když se jako bard těší velkým výsadám, dostává se do mnoha nebezpečných situací.
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