Reign of Silk and Steel

The revival of Castle Blackwood over the past three years had become a celebrated legend throughout western Ireland. What had once been a brooding, isolated fortress battered by the ferocious Atlantic gales had been transformed into the thriving administrative and cultural heart of the Callahan-O'Connor holdings. Architects and stonemasons from across Europe had restored the 12th-century Norman battlements, pointing the ancient lime mortar and preserving the historic archways while discreetly…