The Anvil Stone (Macsen's Treasure, Book 3)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966037154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. A descendant of the Celtic nations of Wales and Scotland, the author is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the International Arthurian Society. Novelist Kathleen Cunningham Guler is the author of the multi-award winning Macsen's Treasure Series. She has studied Celtic history and Arthurian legend for almost thirty years in both the United States and Great Britain and has published numerous articles, essays, reviews, short stories and poetr
-- Jane Guill, author of Nectar from a StoneA marvelous and breathtaking world awaits the reader in The Anvil Stone--violent and passionate and totally compelling. --Jane Guill, author of Nectar from a Stone. A marvelous and breathtaking world awaits the reader in The Anvil Stone--violent and passionate and totally compelling
So when a mysterious stranger delivers a gruesome, bloodstained effigy fashioned to look like him, Marcus immediately knows it’s both a warning and a challenge. With battle about to erupt all around, Marcus learns the stranger, an assassin bent on killing him, may be one of the last sources that could lead him and Claerwen to the sacred sword. Those same factions have mounted a desperate search for one of Britain’s most cherished symbols—a magnificent sword of the ancient high kings that has been lost for decades. He and his wife Claerwen—whose gift of second sight makes her a target as well—run headlong into the daunting fray. The Anvil Stone brings the volatile tribal nature of Dark Age Britain to life and deftly interweaves it with its mystical Celtic roots and the promise of hope found in the Arthurian legend. A stunning display of the storyteller’s craft, this book is the third in the spectacular four-part Macsen’s Treasure series that began with Into the Path of Gods and In the Shadow of Dragons.. Rival factions are instigating war both among themselves and with the Saxons, and while Marcus sets out to quash their treachery, Claerwen discovers another crisis. In fifth-century Britain, only a few souls believed Merlin the Enchanter’s p
Richard R. Blake said A Great Reading Experience. Kathleen Guler has given me a whole new appreciation of the historical novel. She has integrated the elements of romance, adventure, mystery and suspense in this fifth century narrative. Guler has captured the suspense and action of today's most popular contemporary adventure writers. Political assassins and spies, monarchs and townspeople, make up the cast of characters in this spel. "THE ANVIL STONE Is An Exhilarating Pre-Arthurian Yarn!" according to Kimberly Gelderman. This is the story of the continuing adventures of Claerwen & Marcus, a husband and wife spy team in pre-Arthurian Britain. The story began with the first two novels, "Into the Path of Gods" & "In the Shadow of Dragons."This time the story opens with a gruesome effigy delivered by a mysteriously hateful stranger to Marcus. Is it a warning or a challenge, or perhaps both? Marcus sets o. An extensively researched historical novel depicting the tale of spy and master of disguise Marcus Ap Iorwerth Book Three of the "Macsen's Treasure" series, The Anvil Stone by Kathleen Cunningham Guler is an extensively researched historical novel depicting the tale of spy and master of disguise Marcus Ap Iorwerth, his wife Claerwen, their confrontations with rival factions and the Saxons. As the story progresses, Claerwen, with her sense of secondary vision manages to grasp an understanding