Armed only with the magic of his music, Felimid mac Fal, a bard descended from the faery folk, the Tuatha de Danahn, of Erin, and his beloved Gudrun Blackhair, the famous pirate, encounter shapeshifters, sorceresses, and the sea-dwelling Children of Lir on their perilous quest
Keith 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.
Another rollicking good tale of swashbuckling sword play and magic in a world meticulously crafted and researched. I honestly enjoyed being able to learn new bits of history and mythology as I reread another old friend from my younger days.