On the night Tegen was born, the Goddess made the stars dance across the sky. Her birth is part of an ancient prophesy that one called the Star Dancer will save the Goddess' people from a coming and terrible evil. The druids spells and castings are telling them that this evil is coming close, but they cannot bring themselves to accept that the Star Dancer is a woman, not a man. And so Tegan comes up with her silversmith father Clesek, her reserved mother Nessa and Griff, her "halfhead" foster brother and the druids continue to search for people who could help. But Tegen's destiny cannot be denied.

Tegen is separated between her family and her destiny. She isn't quite a famous heroine, because the pull of magic, religion and fate is strong within her. She's young, afraid and confused, but she's also brave, determined and powerful. She's just the sort of central character children love to read about and admire. Over the course of the book, she is asked to gain maturity and make painful decisions.

I enjoyed reading this book because there was a lot of amgic, ancient history and mythology which made the book more attractive. Beth Webb writes a lot about courage, magic, and history