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BOUDICA: DREAMING THE HOUND
By: 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 tribeβa 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. Neroβs army, long since out of patience with Britanniaβs wild tribes, is becoming increasingly oppressive. And Boudicaβs family is at the center of a gathering storm: Cunomar, Boudicaβs son, who longs for the mettle to kill as fiercely as his motherβ¦ Graine, her young daughter, gifted with the power of dreamers, scarred forever by the horrors of war...and Boudicaβs brother, born BΓ‘n of the Eceni, turned the traitor Valerius βa 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 nextβin a brutal drama of betrayal, heroism, and sacrificeβwill leave Boudica with no options but one: to raise and arm every warrior, every dreamer, every tribeβ¦ and push the invader and its legions back into the sea. From the thundering hooves of the Eceniβs 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 imaginationβat once brutal, fantastical, and utterly unforgettable.
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