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The Emerald Isle was brown and blasted. Only fables spoke of a green Ireland long ago. But young Flynn and Joanna treasured those tales of myth and magic, of bold kings and terrible giants, until Joanna's father betrothed her to an ignorant pig farmer, and she ran away. She fled to the Glowing Lands, certain that none would follow. But there the fabric of time itself was torn: Joanna plunged into the distant past--and into the lair of Cormac the Wolfking. Flynn dared to search for her, but the shifting curtain of time sent him to Tara, where a usurper ruled from Cormac's throne. And while Flynn was caught up in the struggle for the crown, Joanna fell under the Wolfking's enchantments....
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Life in Ireland after nuclear war is hard and colorless, governed by laws designed to curb the excesses that led to the Earth's near destruction. Among the war's legacies are eerily glowing patches of ground that, for unknown reasons, have become taboo. One such patch lies on the farm of Michael O'Connor, whose son Flynn dreams of Ireland's mythical past and yearns for Joanna Grady, who returns his longing. When Joanna is betrothed by her father to a pig farmer, she escapes into the Glowing Lands, followed by Flynn, who knows the truth--that the patches are gateways to the past. The fantasy that unfolds holds few surprises: it soon becomes clear that the two will succeed in returning the medieval Wolfking to his rightful throne. The pace, especially at first, is plodding. When Wolfking's enemies--the hideous Three Sisters of Muileann and the evil Erl-King--make appearances, the action picks up a bit, but some scenes are overly graphic, particularly one involving the cannibalization of live victims. This lengthy first novel finally winds down with a pat ending to a rather lackluster love triangle.
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In post-Holocaust Ireland, the glow of irradiated lands conceals doorways to the distant past. Fleeing a forced marriage, a young woman enters the mysterious realm of Celtic myth and becomes enmeshed in an ancient struggle for the throne of Tara. This first novel captures the feel of the Irish age of heroes. Wood's characters are both larger than life and supremely human in their loves and passions. Libraries with a demand for historical fantasy should consider this title.
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- PublisherDel Rey
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0345376269
- ISBN 13 9780345376268
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages614
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