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Guy d'Alville had been a Knight of the Hospital before he was expelled from the prestigious military order. His fortunes had waned dramatically since then. All because of one man, a Templar knight from Ireland named Robert FitzWilliam. So Guy determined this man would pay with his life. Upon arrival in Ireland he discovers ancient forces at work. Recognising a shadowed soul when She sees one, the Queen of the Night offers Guy an opportunity to regain rank and title in the world. But in the first days of his conquest, Guy unwittingly unleashes the frightening fury of the Nathairai, whom some call the Watchers. And this is just the start of all the trouble that will beset the luckless Guy ...
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Caiseal Mor was born in Australia of Irish parents and grew up surrounded by the traditions of storytelling and music that are so much a part of the Gaelic culture. As a child he learned to play the harp, a skill that had been passed down in his family over many generations. Caiseal has a degree in Performing Arts and has worked as an actor, a teacher and as a musician. Caiseal's family is from Youghal, County Cork.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If your a fan of the celtic world and the ancient gods and goddesses as well as tales of the ancient peoples then this authors work is perhaps a must to add to your shelves. This marks a new series by Caiseal and takes the reader back to the ancient land of Eire although featuring a crusading knight who is manipulated by the ancient beings. Each of the characters adds something to the continuation of the novels with each ones fears and beliefs coming to the fore which gives the reader the chance to make a conenction into the psyche of the people present. This is what makes this novel a work of pure joy and as such I beleive adds something new to the heroic fantasy genre.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This trilogy, set in Celtic Ireland roughly at the time of the Crusades, deals a lot with history, myth, the Otherworld and even Christian mysticism. The story is an intricate knot of many threads, leaving the reader with few, if indeed any, cues on the final outcome. The characters span from down-to-earth Irish and Norman warriors, through monks, druids, seers, knights, and spirits to young and old goddesses themselves. A rich and and tasty broth!
However, while the tapestry is well woven, my joy reading it was marred by two factors:
Firstly, I found the style of telling a bit annoying. The story is told by an old woman, relating what she experienced in her youth. While a fair way to write the book, the old crone is a bit overly tedious now and then. She has a habit of not only berating herself for her youthly mistakes, but also of spoiling the story by revealing hints of what will come long before it should be told. While that's the way you do it if you really tell a story by the fire-side, I'd rather not see it in a book.
Secondly, the finale of the story is too twisted. While reading the book I gradually built an impression of what the story was "really" about and what the characters were "really" like (like who's evil and who's not). At the end of the story, however, some of these impressions were proven outright wrong - and the hints were never there to be seen. That makes me feel genuinely misled rather than tricked into misleading myself - the latter is fair game, the former is not.
Still, you may not share my views, and the books are worth reading!
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