A contemporary couple journeys back in time to ancient Ireland in this delightful fantasy by the author of Tea with the Black Dragon. John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, he lives in Ireland for two reasons: his far more confrontational and warrior-like … and warrior-like girlfriend, Derval O’Keane, and his fascination with the beautiful illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.
But he’s about to take a journey to a far more distant place, one that he could not have imagined. Along with Derval, John will find himself in an ancient Celtic realm, where a Viking attack begs to be avenged and a fantastic–and sometimes terrifying–adventure awaits . . .
From a master of magical fantasy, the author of the Damiano Trilogy and a winner of the John W. Campbell Award, this is a tale of warriors, love, danger, and Irish history that will cast a spell on anyone who dreams of discovering treasures in long-lost worlds.
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I enjoyed this read until I came to the ending…I must have missed something because it was rather abrupt. The history provided was fascinating, and the characters were fairly well – developed, but I felt deprived of…resolution, I guess. Entertaining, would be an interesting movie if the screenwriters would flesh out the ending.
Too much detail and foreign language, not an easy book to read. Disappointing ending.
Interested twist back story for the Book of Kells. I have been to Scotland and seen the book and several of the places mentioned. Enjoyed the book.
I really enjoyed the story line… the characters were well developed and I enjoyed the banter.
The ebook has some typos and occasionally the font changes strangely… also had some point of view transitions that jumped to other characters without notice.
As I said, I enjoyed the book, storyline, and characters