Adventure, action and danger await 12-year-old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells.
Dir: Tom Moore / Ireland / 2008 / 75mins / Cert: PG
Brendan is hard at work with his uncle, Abbott Cellach, and the other monks, helping to strengthen the abbey walls as protection against the Viking raids.
But a new life of adventure begins with the arrival of Brother Aidan, a celebrated master illuminator who initiates Brendan into the art of illumination, awakening his hidden but extraordinary talents.
In order to finish the magnificent book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him for the first time ever beyond the
abbey walls into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisleng, a mysterious white wolf/girl, who will become his closest friend and helper.
But with the terrifying Viking hordes closing in, will Brendan succeed in his quest to illuminate the darkness and prove that enlightenment is the best
fortification against barbarians?
