The Paradise War (The Song of Albion)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595548904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Yet for some reason, he finds himself speeding north with his roommate Simon on a lark--half-heartedly searching for a long-extinct creature allegedly spotted in a misty glen in Scotland. It is Albion.. It is a place you will forever wish to be. And into the heart of a collision between good and evil that's been raging since long before Lewis was born.First published almost twenty years ago, The Song of Albion Trilogy has become a modern classic that continues to attract passionate new readers. Enter into The Paradise War and experience the dazzling brilliance of a world like ours--yet infinitely bolder and brighter: a place of kings and warriors, bards and battles, feats of glory and honour. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis accidently crosses through a mystical gateway where two worlds meet: into the time-between-times, as the ancient Celts called it. "When I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the world I knew."Lewis Gillies is an American graduate student in Oxford who should be getting on with his life
From Publishers Weekly Lewis Gillies is pursuing graduate work in Celtic studies at Oxford when his rich roommate, Simon Rawnson, slips through a hole in a cairn to the land of the Tuatha de Danann. Throughout, Lawhead tells his readers what to feel rather than letting his story move them. . In retelling these myths, Lawhead ( Arthur ) allows his characters to become unspecific archetypes who therefore fail to hold the reader's interest. With the help of an eccentric professor, Lewis pursues Simon and finds himself playing a major role in some important Celtic myths. As he is herded from event to event, Lewis, supposedly a Celtic scholar, fails to recognize the import of these occurences
Worthy fantasy adventure novel based on Celtic mythology Lately I've noticed that in the last one hundred years or so, English fiction has certain repeating themes. The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead begins a series built around one of these "British-isms": ordinary, humble folk from our dreary mundane world stumbling into a magical parallel world quite by accident. . Shawn M. Mccool said Skip this, read anything else.. Amazingly cliche with a main character that simply cannot believe anything that happens without elaborating on its impossibility. Awful.. karon said Five Stars. Great turnaround time. Product exactly as described.