Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Lion Publishing Corporation $19.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7459-1850-1
Lewis Gillies is pursuing graduate work in Celtic studies at Oxford when his rich roommate, Simon Rawnson, slips through a hole in a cairn to the land of the Tuatha de Danann. With the help of an eccentric professor, Lewis pursues Simon and finds...
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Stephen R. Lawhead. Thomas Nelson, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-5955-4808-5
In the final installment of Lawhead’s Bright Empires series, people and time periods are displaced in history: suburban husband Howard Smith goes to sleep and awakes in pre-Columbian Mexico only to find himself regarded as a sky god by
Aztec...
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Stephen R. Lawhead. Thomas Nelson, $25.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-59554-805-4
Lawhead's second Bright Empires time-travel tale (after May's The Skin Map) is an incoherent collection of storylines populated by an unwieldy cast of thinly drawn characters. Series protagonist Kit Livingstone wanders through early 19th–century...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author HarperPrism $24 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-109296-1
The bestselling author of the Pendragon Cycle now tells the story of Aidan, a 10th-century Irish monk sent to take the Book of Kells to the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. Separated from his fellow pilgrims, Aidan undergoes various exotic...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (436p) ISBN 978-0-688-13714-4
The early years of Arthur's reign-his crowning, marriage and the first major test of his leadership-are chronicled in this atmospheric fourth volume of Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle (Taliesin; Merlin; Arthur). When Myrdinn Emrys (known in later ages as...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Avon Books $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-71647-0
This charming second volume in the Song of Albion series follows an exiled bard and a sojourning Oxford student as they flee a malevolent despot and build a city of refuge for the oppressed. (Oct.)
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Lion Publishing Corporation $19.95 (399p) ISBN 978-0-7459-2230-0
A troubled Celtic Otherworld with gateways into our own is the setting for the second volume in the Song of Albion series, following The Paradise War . After Meldryn Mawr, king of the Llwyddi, is treacherously slain, the bard and narrator, Tegid...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author . Avon/Eos $25 (432p) ISBN 978-0-06-105031-2
Lawhead, a prolific writer of historical novels, ably captures the colorful swirl of Crusader-era Byzantium and Spain in this final installment in his latest trilogy (The Iron Lance; The Black Rood). In Constantinople on a trip to the Holy Land,...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Eos $25 (448p) ISBN 978-0-06-105034-3
The second volume of the historical fantasy Celtic Crusades trilogy finds Magnus Ranulfsson's eldest son, Duncan, taking up his father's quest for relics of the Crucifixion--in this case, the last remaining traceable piece of the True Cross, the...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Eos $25 (448p) ISBN 978-0-380-97702-4
In this rousing postcript to Lawhead's bardic Pendragon Cycle (Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, Grail), such a monstrous evil stalks near-future Britain that an ancient Welsh prophecy will be fulfilled: the Thames will reverse its course, Avalon
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author Eos $24 (499p) ISBN 978-0-06-105032-9
This massive historical-fantasy novel about the First Crusade begins a family-saga trilogy recounting the story of a mysterious mystical order founded upon the discovery of the spear that pierced Christ's side as he hung on the cross. The narrative...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Thomas Nelson, $24.99 (426p) ISBN 978-1-59554-804-7
A promising tale of interdimensional voyaging disintegrates rapidly into a clunky and incoherent mess. Londoner Kit Livingstone and his unpleasant girlfriend, Wilhelmina, are separated and sent back to an alternate 17th-century England. There Kit's...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author . WestBow $24.99 (490p) ISBN 978-1-59554-085-0
Lawhead (Byzantium
), known for his historical and fantasy fiction, reimagines the tale of Robin Hood in his latest novel, the first in the King Raven Trilogy. Based on detailed research, Lawhead places the folk hero (whom he names Bran) in Wales in
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author . Morrow $25.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-001281-6
Devotees of prolific historical novelist Lawton (The Iron Lance) will enjoy this picaresque, which follows the legendary eponymous Irish saint through the "lost years" between his escape from slavery and his missionary work in Ireland....
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author, Steve Lawhead, Author Avon Books $24 (464p) ISBN 978-0-380-97526-6
Arthurian Britain is invoked with robust verisimilitude in Lawhead's fifth novel in his Pendragon Cycle. The narrator here is Gwalchavad, a member of Arthur's elite guard whose soldierly frankness lends credibility even to fantastic events. Indeed,...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, Author, Ross Lawhead, Author, Steve Lawhead, Author . NavPress $12.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-57683-499-2
Bestselling novelist Stephen Lawhead and his son Ross team up in the first book of a trilogy for NavPress's new "!HERO" brand: Christian products targeted toward teens and young adults. Here, the Lawheads answer the question: What if...
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Stephen R. Lawhead, read by Tim Gregory. Oasis Audio, unabridged, 11 CDs, 13 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-59859-956-5
In this final book of Lawhead’s Dragon King series, Quentin, the poor boy who became king, must again defeat necromancer Nimrood. However, Quentin must also deal with a kidnapped son, the loss of his magical sword, and a kingdom that’s falling apart.
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