A tannin-stained, ancient prince, summoned by a god to finish an ancient mission, breaches the bog where he had been held in a living death for a thousand years. Bridget and Tommy, two Irish cottiers suffering amidst the Great Irish Famine, find themselves ensnared in a battle between the Gaelic gods. These fading deities are using the dire circumstances to stake their claim on lands lost to them long ago. To aid in their rampage, the resurrected Caelbad MacCrimthann, a Prince from the Iron Age who could not find fame or power in life, now plans to redeem himself on his mission for the Gods. To counter this menacing threat, Bridget and Tommy unite with a schoolmaster with a penchant for magic, a fairy, a former servant to a demon, an Iron Age Princess, and a girl possessed by a god. Ultimately, the only object that can defeat the gathering forces of evil is the greatest of the five treasures of Ireland, the Cauldron of Dagda. A magical cauldron with the converse abilities of life and destruction. But can they uncover the cauldron before the evil prince conquers all of Ireland? The Land of the Young is a sweeping fantasy and adventure set in the Celtic age of mythology and the 1840s.