- Mass Market Paperback: 420 pages
- Publisher: Lion Hudson Plc; New edition edition (31 Dec 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0745924662
- ISBN-13: 978-0745924663
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 257,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first in a trilogy patterned on the classic "myth" and set in present day Oxford and Scotland, and the Celtic otherworld. It features a young American who goes in search of a fellow-student who has disappeared while investigating a cairn. The author has also written "The Pendragon Cycle".
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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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Remarkable. Outstanding. A marvel of Celtic heritage.,
By Jorge Miguel Raposo de Carvalho (Lisboa, Portugal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Paradise War: 1 (Song of Albion) (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:
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This review is from: The Paradise War: 1 (Song of Albion) (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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stephen Lawhead has a lyrical talent which surpasses writing,
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This review is from: The Paradise War: 1 (Song of Albion) (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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