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Dark Cathedral #2
Pagan Moon
A large family is torn asunder by accusations of supernatural mischief making. It soon becomes apparent that the eldest son has become involved with a powerful cult. The novel skips back to pagan Britain and the Celtic tribes' reaction to the newly evangelizing Christians.Audible Audiobook read by Nicholas Camm. 13 hrs 23 minutes.
416 pages, Paperback
First published March 28, 2014
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Freda Warrington
52 books326 followersFreda Warrington is an award-winning British author, known for her epic fantasy, vampire and supernatural novels.
“The Blood Wine books are addictive, thrilling reads that are impossible to put down and they definitely deserve more attention” – Worldhopping.net
Her earliest novels, the Blackbird series, were written and published in the 1980s. In the intervening years she has seen numerous novels of epic fantasy, supernatural and contemporary fantasy, vampires, dark romance, horror and alternative history published.
Her novel ELFLAND won the Romantic Times BEST FANTASY NOVEL Award in 2009, while her 1997 Dracula sequel DRACULA THE UNDEAD won the Dracula Society's BEST GOTHIC NOVEL Award.
Four of her novels (Dark Cathedral, Pagan Moon, Dracula the Undead, and The Amber Citadel) have been nominated or shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel award. The American Library Association placed MIDSUMMER NIGHT in its Top Ten for 2010.
Recently Titan Book reissued her popular romantic-gothic Blood Wine vampire series set in the 1920s - A Taste of Blood Wine, A Dance in Blood Velvet and The Dark Blood of Poppies - along with a brand new novel, The Dark Arts of Blood. In 2017, Telos Publishing will publish her first short story collection, NIGHTS OF BLOOD WINE, featuring fifteen lush dark tales - ten set in her Blood Wine world, and five others of gothic weirdness.
In 2003, Simon & Schuster published The Court of the Midnight King, an alternative history/ fantasy retelling of the story of King Richard III. To celebrate all the events surrounding the discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester, The Court of the Midnight King is now available on Kindle and in paperback format. Most of her backlist titles, including the Blackbird series, Dracula the Undead, Dark Cathedral and Pagan Moon, can already be found on Kindle or will be available in the next few months.
Warrington has also seen numerous short stories published in anthologies and magazines. For further information, visit her website Freda Warrington
Born in Leicester, Warrington grew up in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire. After completing high school, she trained at Loughborough College of Art and Design and worked in medical illustration and graphic design for some years. She eventually moved to full-time writing, and also still enjoys design, photography, art, jewellery-making and other crafts, travelling and conventions.
Series:
* Jewelfire
* Dark Cathedral
* Aetherial Tales
* Blackbird
“The Blood Wine books are addictive, thrilling reads that are impossible to put down and they definitely deserve more attention” – Worldhopping.net
Her earliest novels, the Blackbird series, were written and published in the 1980s. In the intervening years she has seen numerous novels of epic fantasy, supernatural and contemporary fantasy, vampires, dark romance, horror and alternative history published.
Her novel ELFLAND won the Romantic Times BEST FANTASY NOVEL Award in 2009, while her 1997 Dracula sequel DRACULA THE UNDEAD won the Dracula Society's BEST GOTHIC NOVEL Award.
Four of her novels (Dark Cathedral, Pagan Moon, Dracula the Undead, and The Amber Citadel) have been nominated or shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel award. The American Library Association placed MIDSUMMER NIGHT in its Top Ten for 2010.
Recently Titan Book reissued her popular romantic-gothic Blood Wine vampire series set in the 1920s - A Taste of Blood Wine, A Dance in Blood Velvet and The Dark Blood of Poppies - along with a brand new novel, The Dark Arts of Blood. In 2017, Telos Publishing will publish her first short story collection, NIGHTS OF BLOOD WINE, featuring fifteen lush dark tales - ten set in her Blood Wine world, and five others of gothic weirdness.
In 2003, Simon & Schuster published The Court of the Midnight King, an alternative history/ fantasy retelling of the story of King Richard III. To celebrate all the events surrounding the discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester, The Court of the Midnight King is now available on Kindle and in paperback format. Most of her backlist titles, including the Blackbird series, Dracula the Undead, Dark Cathedral and Pagan Moon, can already be found on Kindle or will be available in the next few months.
Warrington has also seen numerous short stories published in anthologies and magazines. For further information, visit her website Freda Warrington
Born in Leicester, Warrington grew up in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire. After completing high school, she trained at Loughborough College of Art and Design and worked in medical illustration and graphic design for some years. She eventually moved to full-time writing, and also still enjoys design, photography, art, jewellery-making and other crafts, travelling and conventions.
Series:
* Jewelfire
* Dark Cathedral
* Aetherial Tales
* Blackbird
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October 16, 2014
Since I LOVED Dark Cathedral, I just had to read the next (and last) volume of the series.
Pagan Moon starts of where Dark Cathedral left us, and we are back to see how the dynamic between, Morgan, Beth and Eirian progresses.
The book focuses more on Eirian, who grows up very quickly into a young woman, and starts having dreams about a monster that haunts her at night, and tries to make people aware of paganism as a religion in its own right... not without making enemies.
Giving away too much would ruin the entire experience for you, so I'll just say this: The Dark Cathedral Duology is an absolute must-read! I can only recommend the series. I know the books are hard to find, but there is an EXCELLENT audiobook available on Audible narrated by Nicholas Camm. Please give it a try!!
Pagan Moon starts of where Dark Cathedral left us, and we are back to see how the dynamic between, Morgan, Beth and Eirian progresses.
The book focuses more on Eirian, who grows up very quickly into a young woman, and starts having dreams about a monster that haunts her at night, and tries to make people aware of paganism as a religion in its own right... not without making enemies.
Giving away too much would ruin the entire experience for you, so I'll just say this: The Dark Cathedral Duology is an absolute must-read! I can only recommend the series. I know the books are hard to find, but there is an EXCELLENT audiobook available on Audible narrated by Nicholas Camm. Please give it a try!!
January 28, 2018
Great sequel to Dark Cathedral.
April 15, 2021
Loved this book, it had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. I wish there was a third book to be honest.
August 9, 2021
I was delighted to discover my guilty pleasure had a sequel
August 26, 2017
Not quite 4 stars. More like 3.75. I liked it, but in my opinion the first book is better.
It's starts off directly from the end of the first book and covers the next 5 years (which means a lot is squashed and several years are skipped over with only a mention). Eirian, Beth's daughter from the first book, is growing up and appears on some talk shows in America, explaining about he pagan religion and the power of the goddess and makes some powerful enemies who want her silenced, whatever it takes. That's the basic plot - there's a shaman entity and ghosts as well, but I don't want to say too much here.
Squeamish readers beware - there's a lot of sex (some of it underage, which made me feel a little uncomfortable) and some graphic violence - not that Freda Warrington is gratuitous, but she's not afraid of giving us the nasty details when necessary.
Freda Warrington is a great writer with a wonderful rich prose, so although I wasn't over keen on the plot of this book, it is very well written. If the plot sounds appealing, then you will probably like this book, but I advise you to read Dark Cathedral first, as knowledge of the previous events is necessary.
An enjoyable sequel, but not by any means a necessary one.
It's starts off directly from the end of the first book and covers the next 5 years (which means a lot is squashed and several years are skipped over with only a mention). Eirian, Beth's daughter from the first book, is growing up and appears on some talk shows in America, explaining about he pagan religion and the power of the goddess and makes some powerful enemies who want her silenced, whatever it takes. That's the basic plot - there's a shaman entity and ghosts as well, but I don't want to say too much here.
Squeamish readers beware - there's a lot of sex (some of it underage, which made me feel a little uncomfortable) and some graphic violence - not that Freda Warrington is gratuitous, but she's not afraid of giving us the nasty details when necessary.
Freda Warrington is a great writer with a wonderful rich prose, so although I wasn't over keen on the plot of this book, it is very well written. If the plot sounds appealing, then you will probably like this book, but I advise you to read Dark Cathedral first, as knowledge of the previous events is necessary.
An enjoyable sequel, but not by any means a necessary one.
February 11, 2012
Pagan Moon is a fantastic book, working as a stand alone or as a sequel to the highly sort after (and also out of print) Dark Cahedral
Pagan Moon picks up where dark Cathedral left off, following Bethia, Eirian and Morgan as they try to build a life together dispite their troubles
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************ Spoiler Alert - Dark Cathedral ***********
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(Morgan is Bethia's half uncle and Eirian is a gifted and magickal child who has visions and out of body experiences, Eirian killed Bethia's brother who had kidnapped her and a little boy and taken them into his cult, and Bethia's mum is accused of the murder, whilst Bethia finds out that her dad is gay)
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The story mostly follows Eirian (the first book followed Bethia) as she turns from child to young adult and has to fight another foe, this time in the shape of an evangelical TV priest.
I can't say much more without spoiling the book for you but all I will say is that I couldn't put it down and felt a sence of sadness when I had finished reading it.
My only wish is that the story continued in another book but as far as I am aware there are no others in this series.
Read it, you wont regret it!
Pagan Moon picks up where dark Cathedral left off, following Bethia, Eirian and Morgan as they try to build a life together dispite their troubles
*******************************************************
************ Spoiler Alert - Dark Cathedral ***********
*******************************************************
(Morgan is Bethia's half uncle and Eirian is a gifted and magickal child who has visions and out of body experiences, Eirian killed Bethia's brother who had kidnapped her and a little boy and taken them into his cult, and Bethia's mum is accused of the murder, whilst Bethia finds out that her dad is gay)
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The story mostly follows Eirian (the first book followed Bethia) as she turns from child to young adult and has to fight another foe, this time in the shape of an evangelical TV priest.
I can't say much more without spoiling the book for you but all I will say is that I couldn't put it down and felt a sence of sadness when I had finished reading it.
My only wish is that the story continued in another book but as far as I am aware there are no others in this series.
Read it, you wont regret it!
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January 10, 2012Can anyone help find a copy of this book? Have been looking for over two years now :(
October 9, 2012
Read this several years ago. A really good read on its own and also in the books series.
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December 1, 2024What a good in darja pain ?
its paganism relligon and dark catdrial.therd many terror and horror there.its not just bad drems like our h.its the dark sense in pain.why all that bad there?
its paganism relligon and dark catdrial.therd many terror and horror there.its not just bad drems like our h.its the dark sense in pain.why all that bad there?
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