When Will Scarlet’s thane was exiled to Daneland, the king took his land. Deprived of his home, and his living, and his community, Will sought refuge in the forest. But the English crown laid claim to the forests, too. After being left hungry when the king destroyed his old home, Will was forbidden under penalty…
Month: August 2012
CSFF Blog Tour: Creative License
Yesterday I wrote that, in Karyn Henley’s Angelaeon Circle, God is not really God and the angels are not really angels. Chawna Schroeder and Julie Bihn wrote similar criticisms, going into Scripture to show the difference between Karyn Henley’s angels and God’s. Becky Miller wrote that the angels in the Angelaeon Circle are invented beings…
CSFF Blog Tour: Eye of the Sword
Trevin, newly made a comain for the king, was sent on a quest to find allies for the kingdom. And the missing comains. And an oracle. And a magical harp. And himself. He quickly got sidetracked into the right direction. On a ranging search, from the mountains to the edge of the sea, he found…
CSFF Blog Tour: Breath of Angel
It is one thing to wonder if angles are real; it is another to wonder if you should trust them. And it is something else entirely to wonder if you are an angel. Karyn Henley’s Breath of Angel begins in a temple, where everything is clear and the world is limited. When the novice priestess…
More Than a Thief
The legend of Robin Hood is so old no one knows how old it is. Nearly a thousand years is a good, if imprecise, guess. Over the years, and all the stories, Robin changed. First a yeoman, then elevated to a dispossessed aristocrat; once living under King Edward, then firmly and far more famously attached…
Review: Hood
There have been many stories of Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest, with his Merry Men and his noble thievery. But I would venture that there has been only one story of Robin Hood in Wales, with his flock and his raven hood. In Hood, Stephen Lawhead tells again the story of Robin Hood. Initially, you…