The story's tone is uneven-by turns sweet, violent, and funny-and it gets a bit bogged down in the middle, but overall it's a fun read that will leave readers anxious for the next installment. Lawhead has created a lyrical rendering of a time-honored story that will lead you down strange pathways into another time and place. Details Or fastest delivery Tomorrow, June 8. Internationally-acclaimed author Stephen R. Hood: Number 1 in series (King Raven Trilogy): .uk: Lawhead, Stephen: 9781904233718: Books Young Adult Literature & Fiction Buy new: 7.99 RRP: 8.99 Details Save: 1.00 (11) & FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, June 10 on your first eligible order to UK or Ireland. Lawhead examines questions of faith from both sides of the conflict, so readers see Welsh monks praying for deliverance and Norman rulers asserting their divine right to the land. Like the forest itself, Hood is deep, dark, and at times savagely brutal-yet full of enchantment and hope. In 2006, he published Hood, the first book in the King Raven Trilogy a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, transferred to Wales. Through agony and adventure, aided by a ragtag group of colorful characters, his sense of justice grows, along with his commitment to leading the people of Elfael and his creative strategies for dealing with the enemy. Lawhead (born 2 July 1950) is a UK-based American writer known for his works of fantasy, science fiction. Though Bran should be king, he has lost faith (in both himself and whatever God he once knew) and decides to flee instead. When Bran's father, the king, is killed in an ambush along with nearly all his warriors, the land of Elfael is overtaken and its citizens subjected to great oppression. Based on detailed research, Lawhead places the folk hero (whom he names Bran) in Wales in 1093, at a time when the land was under constant assault from the new Norman rulers of England. ), known for his historical and fantasy fiction, reimagines the tale of Robin Hood in his latest novel, the first in the King Raven Trilogy.

Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead