The Hounds of the Morrigan (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) - Softcover

O'Shea, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192750682 ISBN 13: 9780192750686

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Set in the world of Irish mythology and faery tales, this story tells of the coming of the Great Queen, the Morrigan, from out of the west to free the snake and bring destruction to the world. When ten-year-old Pidge finds the crumbling pages of an old manuscript in a second-hand bookshop in Galway, he unwittingly releases the serpent Olc-Glas and the forces of good and evil gather to do battle. The Morrigan, goddess of death and destruction, has set her evil heart on gaining Olc-Glas and adding its poison to her own, thereby casting her shadow over the world. Pidge and Brigit are chosen to thwart the Morrigan, and so encounter many adventures on the way, as well as meeting an array of unforgettable characters.

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Review:

If you loved Harry Potter, try this book. (Publishers Weekly)

If you want fantasy proper, the huge, enjoyable quest book, packed with invention, foul evil versus good, you're in luck, for such a work is The Hounds of the Morrigan. (The Observer)

This is a most remarkable book (School Librarian)

A most magical book. (Irish Times)

A treat. (The Observer)

Book Description:

New edition with new cover

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192750682
• ISBN 13: 9780192750686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480