Synopsis: From the back cover: The Lake Mother - She was the mysterious goddess worshiped by all, giver of bounty and sorrow, and no mere mortal had ever journeyed to her island and returned to tell the tale. Yet somehow Snow-Eyes had always felt a special closeness to the Lake Mother, perhaps because she had never known a mother of her own. But now a stranger had appeared, a beautiful enchantress who called Snow-Eyes her daughter and sought to steal her away from the only home and family she had ever known. For Snow-Eyes had been marked for a special destiny, chosen to serve the Lake Mother. And although she might - given the gift of time - discover powers beyond her wildest imagining, for now, she was defenseless against the spell which drew her to the citadel of magic at the heart of the lake...