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The Iron Grail (Book 2 of The Merlin Codex) by Robert Holdstock Pub: Earthlight. 299 page hardback. Price: £17.99 (UK). ISBN: 0-7432-2077-3 Check out website: www.earthlight.co.uk
The legacy of Medea's hatred of Jason's betrayal lives on, seven hundred years after she pulled her sons through time with her.
Now, in the second book, Jason and his companions return to Albion
to seek his younger son... Slower paced than the first book in the series, 'The Iron Grail'
explores more deeply into a mythic world where the barriers between
the worlds of the living and the dead - and the yet Unborn - are
tenuous, the worlds themselves interlinked and accessible, if you
know the entrances and paths. There are two intermeshed quests running through this series: Jason's
search for his sons and Merlin's quest for himself. Both of them
helped (and hindered) along the way by a variety of memorable characters:
Niiv, the northern sorceress, Urtha the chief, massive Rubobostes
and his wondrous horse... There's something extremely appealing about a story in which a god's sons can lend their help to mortals just for the fun of it. The living can offer their lives to help a colleague in the far future. The living ship Argo can carry her crew from the human world to Ghostland and an ocean which 'is a true part of the world within the world' (p 238). It's on several of the islands dotting this 'inner ocean' that
Jason will find his younger son. 'The Merlin Codex' is a fascinating mix of European myth, history and ancient magic. This second book is less relentless than the first but no less gripping. A fine read. When's book three out? Joules Taylor
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OTHER REVIEWS - October 2002
Other Reviews Books The Mammoth Encyclopedia Of Extraterrestrial Encounters Sorcery Rising (Book One of Fool's Gold) by Jude Fisher Strange But Not a Stranger by James Patrick Kelly Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Lord Soho: A Time Opera by Richard Calder Espionage: An Encyclopedia Of Spies And Secrets by Richard M. Bennett The Praxis: Book One Of The Dread Empire's Fall by Walter Jon Williams Through The Darkness (The Darkness Series Book 3) by Harry Turtledove Reality Dust by Stephen Baxter/Making History by Paul McAuley Elfsorrow: Legends Of The Raven by James Barclay Debt Of Bones by Terry Goodkind Thunderbirds: Classic Comic Strips Picture books: a website by Dandi Palmer Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Inquisition (Book 2 of The Aquasilva Trilogy) From The Dust Returned: A Family Remembrance by Ray Bradbury The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse by Robert Rankin Dragonhenge by Bob Eggleton and John Grant Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen The Iron Grail (Book 2 of The Merlin Codex) by Robert Holdstock The Onion Girl by Charles De Lint Queen Of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie DVDs and Videos The Tomorrow People 2:1 - The Blue And The Green Airwolf: The Classic Collection Boxset 1
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In
Greece, Jason's elder son (now calling himself Orgetorix, 'King
of killers') tried to kill his father. He failed, though Jason was
badly injured. 
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