Dermot McCabe’s abiding interest in medieval history and art have manifest themselves in The Dredgemarsh  gothic novels: The Reluctant King, The Lost Prince and the latest book DredgeMarsh – Fire and Water published by Forty Foot Press (Aug 2025). The novels cover two generations of the Greyfells of Dredgemarsh.

These novels are infused with the often rumbustious life in Europe of the 14th Century. There is a dark humour manifest in the lives of the the many Breugal-like inhabitants but behind that lurks the dark seeds of traitorous ambition that seeks to destroy the reign of the Greyfells. The prospect of the destruction of this Gothic Kingdom is ever-present. There are evil forces without but also the flaws of the ruling family themselves that puts the kingdom of Dredgemarsh in the way of great harm.

Love is a critical force that shapes the lives of the rulers of of this kingdom and a strange discovery in the field of optiks may be the key to saving it from ruin.

Within the pages of this beautifully produced book, “Dredgemarsh: Fire and Water” you will experience the rumbunctiousness of Breugal’s Paintings intermingled with brutal warfare, chivalry, honour and love between Harry Fairgame and Lia Celeste and scientific discovery that could change the history of this Peake-like world for ever.

Dregemarsh : Fire and Water (published by Forty Foot Press: https://fortyfootpress.ie/dermotmccabe.html ) is available on Amazon in print and eBook format.