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Waiting at the Crossroads
I have just come across my copy of the Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner.
I absolutely loved this book as a child and it's sequel 'the Moon of Gomrath'. Steeped in Celtic, Norse and Atrhurian legends and mythologies it takes the reader into a modernday adventure where powerful figures from the past stalk Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
The story revolves around Susan and Colin, two children holidaying in the locale, or rather around the stone in Susans silver bracelet, the Weirdstone itself. In Norse mythology Brisingamen was the stone in a necklace worn by Freya, who became irresistable when she was wearing it.
The children find themselves pursued by sinister eldritch creatures controlled by the Morrigan, the norse goddess of war and destruction. Whent he stone is lost, they become the key in aiding the wizard Cadellin Silverbrow and returning it to it's rightful place.
The writing style of this book is easygoing and yet maintains a page turning grip upon the reader, especially a young reader! The characters are well developed and easily identified with and of course by using archetypal figures from myth and legend, the bad guys take on deep shadows.
I would recommend this book to all ages, for adults who have yet to discover it, it's an enchanting read, for older children adn teens it's an absorbing and highly entertaining novel.
If you want to have a read I'd recommend clicking here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...179/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3116334-7496615
I absolutely loved this book as a child and it's sequel 'the Moon of Gomrath'. Steeped in Celtic, Norse and Atrhurian legends and mythologies it takes the reader into a modernday adventure where powerful figures from the past stalk Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
The story revolves around Susan and Colin, two children holidaying in the locale, or rather around the stone in Susans silver bracelet, the Weirdstone itself. In Norse mythology Brisingamen was the stone in a necklace worn by Freya, who became irresistable when she was wearing it.
The children find themselves pursued by sinister eldritch creatures controlled by the Morrigan, the norse goddess of war and destruction. Whent he stone is lost, they become the key in aiding the wizard Cadellin Silverbrow and returning it to it's rightful place.
The writing style of this book is easygoing and yet maintains a page turning grip upon the reader, especially a young reader! The characters are well developed and easily identified with and of course by using archetypal figures from myth and legend, the bad guys take on deep shadows.
I would recommend this book to all ages, for adults who have yet to discover it, it's an enchanting read, for older children adn teens it's an absorbing and highly entertaining novel.
If you want to have a read I'd recommend clicking here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...179/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3116334-7496615
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