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Cormac Mac Art / The Mists of Doom

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Irish chop chop.


A bit of history for the young Cormac, as he gets to do the warrior thing without running into too much in the way of magic.

Large collections of Irish warriors with booze can get nasty.

So, at the end :

"'Art's son of Connacht is dead, Captain.'

'Aye. So too is Othna's son of Ulster. I never saw either of them, but have great feeling for them both. So too is Calba's son of Athaircthech dead, off a fever in the bloom of manhood. My son.'

'Sadness seems to rule the world, Captain, not kings and not justice.'

'Aye, philosopher. An it's a name ye'll be needing in Alba, it's mac Calba ye be welcome to call yourself.'"

Be aware that this is NOT written by Robert E. Howard but is a take off of the character created by Howard. If you are looking for authentic Howard, this is not it. This doesn't mean that it is a bad or good book...it just isn't written by Howard.
mh

this was an interesting book. at the beggining i coudnt understand anything and i was about to just put it away but i figured why not try a few more chapters? i did it and it all seemed to come together. so if you get this book dont give up! it gets easier. it was better than the movie conan the barbarian, even though that didnt have a whole lot to do with this book. it had great battle scenes and those gorry little tidbits everybody likes. the frot cover is the best peice of artwork i think ive ever seen on a book. i suuggest you buy it.