The Iron Grail

The Merlin Codex (Volume 2)

Robert Holdstock

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After long travels, Merlin has returned to Alba, the future England. Likewise, Urtha, High King of the Cornovidi, is coming home as well. And Jason is sailing in on the Argo, to seek his son who hides somewhere in the kingdom.

But Urtha's stronghold has been taken by warriors from Ghostland. They claim it as their own. Now there will be war--against the Otherworld.

In this sequel to Celtika, myth and history weave together into a tale of honor, death, and magic. At the core of the story is Merlin himself, the enchanter in the prime of his life, reckless, curious, powerful, yet a stranger to his own past--a past that is catching up with him.

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The Iron Grail
 
Book Two of The Merlin Codex
 
 
Robert Holdstock
Chapter One
 
Three of Awful Boding
 
The great fortress of Taurovinda, its causewayed heights rising steeply from the Plain of MaegCatha, bloody playground of the Battle Crow, stood abandoned, burned and silent. The brooding forest encircling the plain had encroached deeply into the empty land around the hill. Twisted blackthorn, briar rose and scrub oak whispered at the base of the ramparts, edging closer, clawing at the towering earthen walls.

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"Continues to enthrall."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Iron Grail

"Verve and panache...At the center of it all is Merlin, who reluctantly doles out his formidable gifts, afraid of using himself up prematurely before the arrival of the true hero he is destined to counsel."
--San Francisco Chronicle on The Iron Grail

"Holdstock is the finest writer of metamorphic fantasy now working."
--The Washington Post on The Iron Grail

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Robert Holdstock

Robert Holdstock's novels include Mythago Wood, which won the World Fantasy Award; Lavondyss; and Gate of Ivory. He lives in London.

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The Iron Grail
Robert Holdstock

Mass Market Paperbound

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Fantasy
January 2005
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765349873
ISBN10: 0765349876
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 336 pages
$6.99

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Hardcover
Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
March 2004
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765307262
ISBN10: 076530726X
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 320 pages
$24.95

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
January 2005
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781466840324
ISBN10: 1466840323
320 pages
$7.99
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