The Raven Warrior
10 best books like The Raven Warrior (Alice Borchardt): Saving Fish from Drowning, Druids, The Secret Commonwealth, Red Branch, Priestess of Avalon, Dreaming the Serpent Spear, The Druids, The Knight of the Sacred Lake, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon, Ravens of Avalon
Saving Fish from Drowning
San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses,...
| Author | Morgan Llywelyn |
| ISBN | 0345491319 |
“Mine was the vast dark sky and the spaces between the stars that called out to me; mine was the promise of magic.”
So spoke the young Celt Ainvar, centuries before the enchanted age of Arthur and Merlin. An orphan taken in by the chief druid of the Carnutes in Gaul, Ainvar possessed talents...
| Author | Philip Pullman |
| ISBN | 1448194512 |
It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey.
It is seven years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the end...
Cuchulain, another sad, brave figure (Irish history and folklore are full of them). The legend of Cuchulain has come down through time, history and folklore as tale of courage and tragedy.
Son of prophecy he will defend in single handed battle....and die young. Cuchulain victim of his own...
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| ISBN | 0451458621 |
Long-awaited final volume in the Avalon series by bestselling fantasy author, Marion Zimmer Bradley. As the Merlin of Britannia keeps his vigil atop the Tor of Avalon, Rian, the High Priestess of Avalon, dies giving birth to her fifth child. The girl, named Eilan with her mother's dying breath, takes...
Dreaming the Serpent Spear
| Author | Manda Scott |
| ISBN | 0676978142 |
The fourth and final novel in the magnificent saga of Britain’s warrior queen (Boudica – “Bringer of Victory” and the last defender of the Celtic culture) will capture readers’ hearts and minds, as Manda Scott brings the series to a stunning close.
It is AD 60 and the flame of rebellion...
| Author | Peter Berresford Ellis |
| ISBN | 0802841589 |
In this compelling and highly readable study of the Druids, respected Celtic scholar Peter Berresford Ellis sifts through the historical evidence, the legend and lore, and gives the first authentic, reliable account of who the mysterious Druids were and what role they played in Celtic society. Including...
The Knight of the Sacred Lake
| Author | Rosalind Miles |
| ISBN | 0609606239 |
Somewhat more interesting than the first volume, it still didn't satisfy me as much as I was hoping for mainly due to the characters who, from one book to the other, don't seem to have evolved. Morgan remains the only interesting character, Merlin appears to be lost through the entire book, Arthur seems...
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
| Author | Diana L. Paxson |
| ISBN | 0451460286 |
I loved Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Mists of Avalon". This book is loosely based on her mythology, but since Marion died shortly after "Mists of Avalon" was published, most of the other books attributed to her were written by Diana Paxson. Diana is an OK writer, but it isn't up to the quality of Marion, so...
| Author | Diana L. Paxson |
| ISBN | 0670038709 |
Discover the dawn of the mythical legend of Avalon in the long-awaited prequel to Marion Zimmer Bradley�s The Forest House
Diana L. Paxson expands Marion Zimmer Bradley�s beloved and bestselling Avalon series in a dramatic new installment. Marion Zimmer Bradley�s Ravens of Avalon...
