The Paradise War: Bk.1 (Song of Albion) - Softcover

Lawhead, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745924662 ISBN 13: 9780745924663

Publisher: Lion Books, 2001

Synopsis

Wolves prowling the streets of Oxford. A Green Man haunting the Highlands ...Drawn from the dreaming spires of Oxford to the misty moors and glens of Scotland, Lewis expects little more than a pleasant weekend away. But the road north leads to a mystical crossroads, and he finds himself in a place where two worlds meet, in the time-between-times. The ancient Celts admitted no separation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. In The Paradise War this balance is disturbed - a breach has opened between the worlds and cosmic catastrophe threatens.

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Review:

'To set foot in Albion is to enter a rich world of fantasy, rooted in Celtic mythology. An astonishingly imaginative story sequence.' BooksMagazine 'An epic struggle between Light and Darkness - well paced, exciting and very well researched.' Forbidden Planet

From the Back Cover:

In an ancient cairn in the wilds of Scotland, Oxford student Simon Rawson vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Where has he gone? Unsettling signs -- a mysterious Green Man, a Celtic circle chalked on the sidewalk -- point his roommate, Lewis Gillies, to an impossible answer . . . and an incredible destiny on the other side of a doorway between worlds. There, where Celtic champions, magic, and treachery weave the beautiful and brutal land called Albion, Lewis finds Simon. And there, schooled as a warrior, he is thrust to the front of a titanic struggle between light and darkness -- a hideous, onrushing darkness that would devour not merely a kingdom, but two worlds.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lion Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0745924662
• ISBN 13: 9780745924663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416