In Southern Britain, the Giants Dance stands alone on the Great Plain. For 500 years its massive trilithons have remained unruled by any chief. With invaders from distant lands attacking Britain's shores to steal its precious tin, another king must be chosen-this is the Quest of the Merlin, high priest and shaman. He brings together U'thyr Pendraec, the Terrible Head, and the beautiful Y'gerna, wife of another man, and from them a child is born...a boy who can move a sacred stone and take the ancient dagger beneath...a boy who will become High King. With totems of power and an ancestral sword from the depths of the sacred lake, Ardhu Pendraec assumes the mantle of the Stone Lord, ruler of the Great Trilithon, protector of ancient Britain.... It is a time of gold-clad kings, a time of ritual and death, a time of Axe and Dagger. The beautiful Irish Princess, Fynavir, the White Phantom, is Ardhu's chosen Bride. The Breton Prince An'kelet, bearer of the Great Spear, is his right-hand man. Yet, Ardhu's 'Golden Age' is fleeting, with betrayal and deception rife by those closest to him - Morigau, his scheming half-sister, who releases the Boar T'orc to ravage the land...and Fynavir and An'kelet, whose forbidden passion may bring down all the young King has worked to attain. ***** Stone Lord is a book set in Britain's prehistory such as you've never read before.... Mixing fiction with the latest discoveries, intertwining myth with real archaeology, this is a novel of the prehistoric origins of the man we call KING ARTHUR ...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Simon
Format:Paperback
Despite not being a massive fan of Arthurian stories, I found myself almost unable to put this book down and devoured it in only a few sessions.
The story successfully weaves together an accurately mapped prehistoric landscape of key sites with the legendary characters in a way that pays close attention to the latest archaeological research, spiced with the author's vivid descriptions of ritual, combat and celebration.
It bounds along at a pace and delves deep into the mythos surrounding Stonehenge, Avalon, Merlin and Arthur in a way that brings them into an imaginatively clear - and plausible - focus.
It's a treat to read a novel set in the prehistoric era by an author who clearly knows their stuff.
Sequel please!
The story successfully weaves together an accurately mapped prehistoric landscape of key sites with the legendary characters in a way that pays close attention to the latest archaeological research, spiced with the author's vivid descriptions of ritual, combat and celebration.
It bounds along at a pace and delves deep into the mythos surrounding Stonehenge, Avalon, Merlin and Arthur in a way that brings them into an imaginatively clear - and plausible - focus.
It's a treat to read a novel set in the prehistoric era by an author who clearly knows their stuff.
Sequel please!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Isfet
Format:Paperback
Stone Lord is a historical fantasy,retelling the legend of King Arthur,but setting it in the Bronze Age. It's a highly original idea,adding a completely fresh twist to the Arthurian mythos.
Refreshingly,the characters aren't just 21st-century people dressed up in Renfaire costumes;their mindset is shown as being consistent with what we know of Bronze Age people-they seen spirits and gods surrounding them,every natural feature,megalith and barrow is home to a deity or the ancestors. In this setting are the familiar characters of the Arthur legend,the familiar tales cleverly intertwined with myths from the Mabinogion and Irish hero-legends. Obviously the writer knows both their archaeology and mythology. The story moves at a cracking pace,the characters are well-realized and rounded,and the ending leaves the reader impatient for a sequel.
If you're interested in well-written,original historical fiction/pagan/myth,I would recommended this book to you. If your idea of that genre is 'the Mists of Avalon' by Zimmer Bradley or one of Mercedes Lackey's books, read 'Stone Lord',and see what the 'real deal'is like.
Refreshingly,the characters aren't just 21st-century people dressed up in Renfaire costumes;their mindset is shown as being consistent with what we know of Bronze Age people-they seen spirits and gods surrounding them,every natural feature,megalith and barrow is home to a deity or the ancestors. In this setting are the familiar characters of the Arthur legend,the familiar tales cleverly intertwined with myths from the Mabinogion and Irish hero-legends. Obviously the writer knows both their archaeology and mythology. The story moves at a cracking pace,the characters are well-realized and rounded,and the ending leaves the reader impatient for a sequel.
If you're interested in well-written,original historical fiction/pagan/myth,I would recommended this book to you. If your idea of that genre is 'the Mists of Avalon' by Zimmer Bradley or one of Mercedes Lackey's books, read 'Stone Lord',and see what the 'real deal'is like.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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'Stone Lord' is a brilliant book, and as a life-long Arthurian enthusiast I enjoyed it enormously. The unorthodox approach to the period and characters worked extremely well for me and the whole story is full of atmosphere, suspense and exciting narrative. I'm looking forward intensely to the forthcoming sequel.
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I gave this book two and half stars because I liked Parts 1 and 2, and the beginning of Part 3. Then I got lost... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Randy Emmett
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Stone Lord: The Legend Of King Arthur, The Era Of Stonehenge
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Published 3 months ago by I. T. Chin
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Magical masterstroke!
I admit my knowledge of the Bronze age is limited,so as well as being a unique setting for the great legend of Arthur & Merlin,Stone Lord was an eye-opening,entertaining history... Read more
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A whole new spin on the Arthur ledgend, well written and easy to read once you get use to the proto-celtic names.
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A marriage of myth and (pre)historical fiction
J.P. Reedman's debut novel, like Bernard Cornwell's "Stonehenge," takes for its principal setting the landscape around the iconic monument on Salisbury Plain. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Dr. Mark A. Patton
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A Bronze Age Bonanza!
This pre-historic tour-de-force came as a complete surprise! The Arthur legend, like many other medieval stories, may well have its origin in pre-history and this novel takes that... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Aethelroad
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King Arthur re-imagined at Stonehenge- with impressive results!
In Stone Lord the tenets of the Arthurian myth are artfully re-imagined and anchored in the Stonehenge landscape by an extremely knowledgeable and well researched hand. Read more
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A new Arthur and a great story
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