The Paradise War
From Stephen Lawhead, author of the bestselling Arthur, Merlin and Taliesin, comes the first in a new triology set in the present day. When Simon, a young British student, disappears while investigating a cairn in Scotland, Thomas, an American post-graduate student from Oxford, must rescue him...
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From Stephen Lawhead, author of the bestselling Arthur, Merlin and Taliesin, comes the first in a new triology set in the present day. When Simon, a young British student, disappears while investigating a cairn in Scotland, Thomas, an American post-graduate student from Oxford, must rescue him from the Celtic Otherworld, before Simon's actions have a catastrophic effect on the "real" world.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780745918501 (0745918506)
Publish date: 1991-06-28
Publisher: Chariot Victor Pub
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: The Song of Albion (#1)
The storyline and premise was interesting to begin with: an extinct animal found in Scotland to the delight of a bored, young privileged man at Oxford and then a meeting with the Green Man. However delightful the story may seem, however, the writing must carry it almost singularly, and it certainly ...
The book begins with two Oxford history students, Lewis and Simon, who drive to Scotland to look into a mysterious appearance of an aurochs and end up in the Otherworld. It's your basic, lost in another world plot. Unfortunately this book is one of the poorer executions. The plot of the novel is p...
A very early Stephen Lawhead, Paradise War falls in between Taliesan and Hood for me. It has the majestic world building of Taliesan with the grinding prose of Hood. As long as your in it for the plot your good. If you're in it for lyrical wordsmithing or believable character development your out of...
Does not have the characteristics I usually look for when search for potential fantasy favorites (I like a magically powerful hero, 1 POV), but Lawhead's writing style is wonderful.
The best book of the Trilogy. Books series that get into any sort of politicking and serious business after a really fantastical start lose me. This book however is great :D
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