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www.thebookbag.co.uk - Beth Webb fills this book with vivid and accurate historical detail. From food and clothes through methods of warfare to religion and an understanding of the world around them, Celtic and Roman people spring from her pages as credible human beings whose lives are illuminated for her readers. Roll on book four! Booktrust - This fascinating series continues, with Tegen, the Star Dancer, embarking on an arduous journey to the druid island of Mona where she hopes, finally, to fulfil her powers. Fighting bears and winter weather, the vicissitudes of her journey are vividly described, as is the natural world she and her companion, Kieran, and horse, Epona, pass through in this absorbing glimpse into the Iron Age - and most impressively - its belief systems.
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It is 59 AD. The Romans have subdued most of Britain, but the tribes of Cymru are proving troublesome. The new Governor, Suetonius Paulinus, believes an iron fist will finally quell all resistance, but he hasn't reckoned on the growing magical powers of Tegen, the young 'Star Dancer'. Pursued by a demon wrapped in fog, Tegen is making her way to Mona, the sacred Isle of the Druids, guided by the irritable and unreliable Kieran. She longs to leave him, but he is her only hope if she is to weave the Great Spell that will defend their homeland. Together with Enid, another druid, the three seek wisdom on the peak of Cadair Idris, the source of poetry, prophecy - and madness. From that moment, the demon's hatred is whipped into a frenzy of fury. The sea, the goddess of smithing, and an Irish Queen intervene. Using a dark mirror Etain summons Tegen and demands that she uses her magical skills to save Eriu. Tegen is unwilling, but Etain has baited the hook with her handsome son. Tegen finds love and the Isle of Mona, but Suetonius's troops have also arrived, bringing death, hatred and an old friend. From despair, hope seems to be glinting on the horizon, but an ancient ritual breaks a loaf of bread - and Tegen's heart. Book three of the stunning Star Dancer quartet.
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I finished Wave Hunter last night and just wanted to say that I thought it was fantastic!
It has been a long time since I read the first two, but this one seemed like the main area of story, as if the first two were setting the scene ready for this moment. It was deeply real and I could identify with Tegan, feel her emotions and the constant undercurrent of restlessness and anticipation to realising her destiny, seeing the phrophecies come true and know in her heart that she had helped to save her country. Characters like Tonn, Keiran, Wolf and all the people she grew, even only slighly, close to along the way, beautifully played out allt he areas of her thought process of 'this is why I have to do this'; Tonn as her handfasted man and her genuine love for him, Keiran representing the common Britton at the time - all the people without such strong voices, Wolf as her link to the past - the people she has already had to say goodbye to. It is a darker, more danger-filled book, dealing with some things that are hard to explain, but none of it feels unacheivable in the real world. I know Beth Webb had said that most of the 'magic' that happens in the previous two books are simply illusion and totally explainable, but even here, where the fire-making, mirror-reading and more mysterious 'magic' happens, it still has an appealing tangibility.
Really, really worth reading
It has been a long time since I read the first two, but this one seemed like the main area of story, as if the first two were setting the scene ready for this moment. It was deeply real and I could identify with Tegan, feel her emotions and the constant undercurrent of restlessness and anticipation to realising her destiny, seeing the phrophecies come true and know in her heart that she had helped to save her country. Characters like Tonn, Keiran, Wolf and all the people she grew, even only slighly, close to along the way, beautifully played out allt he areas of her thought process of 'this is why I have to do this'; Tonn as her handfasted man and her genuine love for him, Keiran representing the common Britton at the time - all the people without such strong voices, Wolf as her link to the past - the people she has already had to say goodbye to. It is a darker, more danger-filled book, dealing with some things that are hard to explain, but none of it feels unacheivable in the real world. I know Beth Webb had said that most of the 'magic' that happens in the previous two books are simply illusion and totally explainable, but even here, where the fire-making, mirror-reading and more mysterious 'magic' happens, it still has an appealing tangibility.
Really, really worth reading
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