- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Lion Hudson Plc; 1st Ed edition (17 May 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0745918506
- ISBN-13: 978-0745918501
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 546,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Stephen Lawhead, author of the bestselling Arthur, Merlin and Taliesin, comes the first in a new triology set in the present day. When Simon, a young British student, disappears while investigating a cairn in Scotland, Thomas, an American post-graduate student from Oxford, must rescue him from the Celtic Otherworld, before Simon's actions have a catastrophic effect on the "real" world.
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In an ancient cairn in the wilds of Scotland, Oxford student Simon Rawson vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Where has he gone? Unsettling signs -- a mysterious Green Man, a Celtic circle chalked on the sidewalk -- point his roommate, Lewis Gillies, to an impossible answer . . . and an incredible destiny on the other side of a doorway between worlds. There, where Celtic champions, magic, and treachery weave the beautiful and brutal land called Albion, Lewis finds Simon. And there, schooled as a warrior, he is thrust to the front of a titanic struggle between light and darkness -- a hideous, onrushing darkness that would devour not merely a kingdom, but two worlds.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This trilogy from S. Lawhead has a life of its own and it will be extremely difficult to surpass it. Lawhead manages to absorb the reader in a way that I only found with Tolkien and I was marvelled with this Celtic story. It is impossible to describe its beauty without reading it. With no reservations whatsoever, I say this is the best story of its kind ever written.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read the first 2 of the trilogy when they were first published about 12/13 years ago. I rediscovered them recently and have stated reading them again. This first book - as far as my vague memory goes - lives up to my expectations. The imagery, the wonderful flowing prose. The descriptions of the 'Otherworld', the ideas of pride (in the true sense of the word) and honour. The spirituality which is knitted throughout the book.
As a person from Scotland, it fair stirs the Celtic blood(!)
A brilliant story from a brilliant story-teller. The ongoing 'evolution' of characters, not seen any better than in the change from academics to full blown warriors, is as true to life as it gets. The tight lines of prose and attention to detail bring the whole thing vividly to life!
A 'fantasy' world never seemed so real since JRR Tolkien.
Very much recommended.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is easily one of the best books ever written, for those of you who have read "Taliesin," "Arthur", "Pendragon", "Grail" etc. believe me, this book is even better, as is the rest of the Albion trilogy. Not to spoil the plot too much, but by the end I was in tears.
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Great
I love this whole series, in my view the best of the series by Stephen Lawhead. I was given the middle one of the series first but thoroughly enjoyed all of them.
Published 4 months ago by Richardson
Slow starter develops into classic fantasy
It's some years since I read Lawhead's Arthurian books, and the early chapters of this one I found disappointing. It takes a long time to get going. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Archy
Tolkien-esque...
A fantastic fantasy tale containing the obligatory battle between light and darkness. The text provides vivid imagery and a well researched,well paced plot.
Published on 22 Aug 2006 by Nicholas B.
The Paradise Bore
'The Song of Albion' trilogy is amongst the last of Stephen Lawhead's novels I have gotten around to reading. Read more
Published on 20 April 2006 by Sam
Storytelling at its best
I loved this trilogy, though fantasy books aren't normally my thing. The storytelling is just perfection and the scene setting really fires the imagination. Read more
Published on 18 April 2006 by Klytaimestra
Very good.
Lives up to expectations of the 'Pendragon Cycle', continuing Lawhead's well researched interest in Celtic myth.
It gets better with 'The Silver Hand'
Published on 7 Sep 2000
An exellent book that absorbs the imagination
Stephen Lawhead's first book in the Song of Albion Trilogy takes a few chapters to get going (as with most books and series of books) but it keeps you interested and is still an... Read more
Published on 15 May 2000 by R. Jones
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