Challenge of Clans [Mass Market Paperback]

Kenneth Flint (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Spectra (February 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553255533
• ISBN-13: 978-0553255539
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kenneth C. Flint is the published author of fifteen fantasy, horror, and suspense novels including the best-selling Sidhe series. He has also published various other fiction and nonfiction works including Star Wars stories and a newly published history of 1820's Fort Atkinson.

His fantasy books--a combination of legend, history, and adventure--will be reissued in E Book format by Double Dragon Publications beginning in September of 2011, available for Kindle through Amazon. New novels filling out the series and covering the entire scope of ancient Irish myth will also be published.

In addition to his writing, Ken is a writing instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Metropolitan Community College in Omaha Nebraska. He is also a historic interpreter at reconstructed Fort Atkinson in Nebraska with his family, including wife Judy, son Gavin, son Devin, and his wife Melissa.

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5.0 out of 5 stars CHALLENGE OF THE CLANS - The Early Legend of Finn MacCumhal!, November 16, 2006

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Kimberly Gelderman (Spring Lake, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Challenge of the Clans (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first of a trilogy about Finn MacCumhal (pronounced Mac-Koo-al). It's the tale of his birth to young man and his hard won rise to become the well-known Irish legend.

The story opens with his father Cumhal MacTredhorn, the proud chieftain of the High King's Fianna warriors. The High King Conn, after an imagined slight by Cumhal, conspires with his evil Druid Tagd to bring about his death.

This accomplished, his young widow, Muirne has just given birth to Finn and frantically secures his safety by sending him away with her women, Bodhmall and Liath. They raise him in seclusion and safety but with the knowledge of his heritage and the training to once again restore honor to their clan, the Clan Baiscne.

Finn grows strong and smart in the forest and eventually is forced to leave the only home he's ever known to begin his journey to manhood and his destiny.

There are many characters who help him on dangerous and adventurous way, notably, Cnu Deireoil the Harper and Caolite the warrior, as High King Conn and his druid Tadg (also Finn's unwilling grandfather resume their hunt to exterminate him.

A spellbinding saga that if you're not already Irish will make you feel as though you are! The pace is fast and never boring! I'm already engrossed in the second novel of this trilogy, the author does not disappoint!