Forbidden land. Kate Forsyth. 2000.

Finn the cat is bored with life as Banprionnsa at Castle Rurach. She’s always getting into trouble and smoking her pipe instead of sewing a fine seam like Banprionnsa should.

Luckily a caravan of jongleurs arrive to break the monotony. But this is no ordinary caravan: led by Dide the juggler, the jongleurs have come on behalf of the Righ - it seems Lachlan the winged has urgent need of someone with Finn’s peculiar abilities…..

Embarking on a clandestine journey that will take them beyond the Great Divide and into the Forbidden Land. Finn and her companions must face dangers that will test their courage to breaking point….and set a new course for Eileanan itself.