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Title

The broken kings / Robert Holdstock.

Author

Holdstock, Robert

Publication

London : Gollancz, 2006.

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Details

Description

357 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The hill below the fortress of Taurovinda, stronghold of Urtha, High King of the Cornovidi, is coming alive: the Otherworldly realm of the Shadows of Heroes are claiming the land as their own. But this time their actions are driven by a force that is darker and older than even the oldest among the ghosts. Who or what is raising the Dead? Merlin, a temporary resident in the fortress, must answer that question if this time of kings and lovers is to be saved. Jason's wonderful ship, Argo, has returned, drawn back by her own guilty past, and a dreadful secret that she will reveal only to Merlin. Argo holds the key to the mystery. And Niiv, the bewitching, beautiful Northlands enchantress, is working her way even closer into Merlin's charms. This is a journey that will take Merlin back in history, and to a fabled island of legend. Love is in the air. But at a price. In this third volume of the Merlin Codex, Robert Holdstock weaves myth and history into a fabulous tale of honour, vengeance and magic. At its centre, moving along his never-ending path, is Merlin himself, an enchanter in the prime of his life, feckless, curious, powerful, yet a stranger to his own past - and a man about find a true and honourable use for his talents.

Series Statement

• The Merlin codex ; bk. 3
• Holdstock, Robert. Merlin Codex ; bk. 3.

Subject

• Merlin (Legendary character) > Fiction
• Mythology in literature

Genre/Form

Fantasy fiction.

Note

• Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Unbroken, they dream of kings -- That was then -- Water from the well -- Greater, more noble, more terrible -- Kryptaea -- The dancing floor of war -- The beautiful death.

ISBN

• 0575079304 (hbk.)
• 9780575079304 (hbk.)

LCCN

9780575079304

OCLC

• 225551967
• SCSB-11772564

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library