Leprechauns in running shoes, trolls who are afraid of the sunlight and three children unwittingly prepared to lead a revolution... A small assemblage of Leprechauns makes their home in a land they name North Mystic. The tiny species are the descendants of immigrants who escaped from Ireland during the siege of Viking pirates in the 900s by stealing away in one of the Vikings own longships. For several years, they live in peace and prosperity, harvesting their gold from the roots of their shamrock fields. But, alas, all does not remain so idyllic. A band of Vikings crosses the treacherous North Sea and arrives at their shores. The big brutes kidnap their children and demand a tax of all their gold, promising to return the next year with their children if the ransom of the next years crop of gold is paid to them. Meanwhile, living in a condition of opulent neglect, the three Callahan children are, unsuspectingly, preparing to perform a great work. While... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге North Mystic (M. J. Evans)