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Bard #4
Ravens' Gathering
HE IS FELIMID MAC FAL, once a bard of Ireland. Now he uses his wits and his magic in the service of his lover, the most notorious pirate on the seas of ancient Britain.
SHE IS GUDRUN BLACKHAIR, the lusty, legendary pirate chieftain who commands the sorcerous ship "Ormungandr" and numbers the shape-shifting Children of Lir among her crew.
Together they've sailed through adventure after adventure, and never known defeat. But Gudrun's many enemies are gathering, and Odin himself will lead them into battle against her. How can a poet and a pirate hope to defeat a god?
SHE IS GUDRUN BLACKHAIR, the lusty, legendary pirate chieftain who commands the sorcerous ship "Ormungandr" and numbers the shape-shifting Children of Lir among her crew.
Together they've sailed through adventure after adventure, and never known defeat. But Gudrun's many enemies are gathering, and Odin himself will lead them into battle against her. How can a poet and a pirate hope to defeat a god?
- GenresFantasy
235 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Keith John Taylor
22 books30 followersKeith John Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer.
Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard hero, Cormac Mac Art. His series of novels centering around the Irish bard, Felimid mac Fal, was published throughout the 1980s. Much of Taylor's fictional output in the 1990s was in the Arthurian fantasy sub-genre. Many stories featuring his character, Kamose the Magician, were published in Weird Tales in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard hero, Cormac Mac Art. His series of novels centering around the Irish bard, Felimid mac Fal, was published throughout the 1980s. Much of Taylor's fictional output in the 1990s was in the Arthurian fantasy sub-genre. Many stories featuring his character, Kamose the Magician, were published in Weird Tales in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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July 26, 2019
Took a while to read this one. First because I was sad that even though it wasn't the last Bard story it was the last available to me. This was also the weakest plotted of the series but more than one grand battle take place. The end is also sad so I held off finishing for a while.
In other news I found the 5th book at a used bookshop online and while the price was insane for a paperback book it wasn't as bad as some of the listings I'd seen and I've wanted to read Bard V for decades. Shortly, I will.
In other news I found the 5th book at a used bookshop online and while the price was insane for a paperback book it wasn't as bad as some of the listings I'd seen and I've wanted to read Bard V for decades. Shortly, I will.
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October 21, 2007http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1225054.html[return][return]I forced myself to read twenty pages of this horrendous mish-mash of Celtic, Viking and Arthurian myth, in which all characters speak the fantasy novel dialect of English yet none of them does anything interesting, and then I gave up.
June 19, 2012
It not for everyone but if you enjoy historical fantasy then I would recommend it. It has that feel of the world of magic ending against the rise of christianity. Artistic liscence is pretty prevailent but works. I recommend for any gamers for reference material.
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