![]() ![]() In Gwynedd, Elphin, Lord Gwyddno's only son, is considered bad luck for everyone who comes close to him.Įverything goes bad for him - until the morning when he finds a strange fish in his weir.Īn infant, a boy who the druids tell will be the greatest of all druids: Taliesin. "Taliesin", the first book in the series, takes place several hundred years before Arthur is born. It's hard to find something distinctly new and refreshing to add to it, but I must say that Stephen Lawhead has done a brave try. Telling a story that has already been told thousands of times is at the same time easy and difficult.Įasy - because both author and readers already know the setting, the story and the major characters, and love them.ĭifficult - because almost every angle has already been looked upon, the story deconstructed, the characters redefined. The Pendragon Cycle, Stephen Lawhead's retelling of the myths of King Arthur, was his break-through as a major fantasy writer. ![]() Pendragon (Volume 4 of the Pendragon Cycle) Taliesin (Volume 1 of the Pendragon Cycle) ![]()
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