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Avalon
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A breathtaking future fantasy: as the British monarchy collapses, Arthur returns to reclaim the throne.
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Stephen Lawhead
Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion. Lawhead makes his home in Austria with his wife.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modern England is in chaos. The parlimentary government of PM's and other officials are moving to rid England of the last of the monarchy structure that has been in place for centuries. And back in the very rurla parts of Scotland, a young man is fighting to hold onto the land left to him to care for by his after and his father's landowner. Except, it turns out, he is the landowners real son, and he is one of Scotland's last living Dukes. Who also happened to have enough blood lineage tiebacks to claim the throne of England now that its King just died. And his bloodline goes back to Arthur himself.Lawhead brings the reader into this tale of politics, honor, and intrigue, creating a wonderful realistic mix of the modern world, and the England arthur helped to unite, with the same kind of values, and determination imbedded in all the tales of Arthur.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For some reason my brain never let's this book connect with the rest of the Pendragon Cycle. I liked them but wouldn't necessarily reread them. This book I adore, have read it eight times already and its the first thing I reach for when I want something breathtakingly hopeful. The speeches he gives while campaigning to be king make me want to jump and cheer every time.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stephen R Lawhead is one of my top five favorite authors of all time. I fell in love with his books as a teen and never looked back. Avalon is an interesting entry in the Pendragon cycle. I love Taliesin and Merlin, this entry in the series fast-forwards to modern Scotland. The monarchy is in trouble, and about to be disbanded all the royal family either dead or having signed abdications, when a man from Scotland makes a startling claim to the throne. Captain James Arthur Stuart will become the king of England. But there forces of evil out to see that he doesn’t stay king for long. This book blends sword and sorcery tales with Tom Clancy like political intrigue, an interesting mix to be sure.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I would give Avalon a solid 3.5 stars. The writing was good, the plot was solid enough with an interesting premise of King Arthur being being reincarnated in modern day Scotland. And while I really enjoyed the book, I couldn't help but think the end was an after thought. I don't think Lawhead knew what to do after a certain point, so he just threw in a random ending.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pendragon cycle is a wonderful set of books, full of fresh ideas and good research to make an epic blend of myth, history and religion that is a powerful antidote to the pessimistic offerings of some other writers.But this book is not the best of the series. Set a generation in the future, it posits a kind of modern Britain that acts in a way that is frankly unthinkable. Lawhead has worked hard to research British politics for this novel, but there are some big gaps all the same.A problem with speculative fiction set in the near future is that the future will invariably be nothing like what is envisaged.Nevertheless Lawhead should be congratulated on even attempting a novel that delves so deeply into the British political situation, and as usual he writes it well and the story is often gripping. For all its faults, it is still a good read.