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Boudica: Dreaming the Hound
Manda Scott
Spectra
February 2006
On Sale: January 31, 2006
432 pages ISBN: 0385336721 EAN: 9780385336727 Hardcover
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Historical | Fiction
In a spellbinding novel of gods and men, myth and
brutality, acclaimed author Manda Scott returns to her
heralded saga of a world under siege. For here is the epic
tale of Boudica, the legendary Celtic queen, and her
embattled Eceni tribe–a bold new work of imaginative
fiction that takes us on a thrilling journey into a clash
between magic and mankind. To the Eceni tribe of Britannia, nature is the ultimate
god, and warriors are joined in battle by the voices and
spirits of their ancestors. But the proud Eceni are
running out of time. Nero’s army, long since out of
patience with Britannia’s wild tribes, is becoming
increasingly oppressive. And Boudica’s family is at the
center of a gathering storm: Cunomar, Boudica’s son, who
longs for the mettle to kill as fiercely as his mother…
Graine, her young daughter, gifted with the power of
dreamers, scarred forever by the horrors of war...and
Boudica’s brother, born Bán of the Eceni, turned the
traitor Valerius –a man caught between worlds: warrior and
dreamer, Roman and Eceni. As conflict erupts between the tribes and their brutal
invaders, Boudica is forced to make a bold sacrifice.
Cloaking her identity, she will travel directly into the
stronghold of an enemy who longs for her crucifixion. What
happens next–in a brutal drama of betrayal, heroism, and
sacrifice–will leave Boudica with no options but one: to
raise and arm every warrior, every dreamer, every tribe…
and push the invader and its legions back into the sea. From the thundering hooves of the Eceni’s great horses to
mystical spirit quests of young warriors, from the
politics of an empire to the passions of lovers, Dreaming
the Hound takes us on a breathtaking journey of the
imagination–at once brutal, fantastical, and utterly
unforgettable.
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