The Merlin Prophecy: Hunting with Gods
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Publisher Description
HUNTING WITH GODS — MERLIN’S DESTINY IS FULFILLED
Disappointed after meeting his father in Constantinople, Merlin returns home to find Britain is engaged in a bloodthirsty war against the Saxons. Spared by the king of the Britons, he begins to train other healers across the land. But the king’s untimely death puts Merlin under the grip of Uther Pendragon, an evil war leader.
Uther orders Merlin to use his magical powers to help him seduce the young wife of King Gorlois. The healer is horrified by the High King’s demands but realizes that many others will suffer at Uther’s hands if he disobeys. Can Merlin survive Uther’s madness and enable good to overcome evil? In Hunting with Gods, Merlin’s morality is challenged as never before.
M. K. Hume has won the praise of readers and critics alike with her original take on the Merlin legend. Her background in Arthurian literature provides historical accuracy to a beautifully written trilogy wrought with passion, heart, and adventure.
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Hume's post-Roman, pre-Arthurian cycle concludes with a complex tale of warfare and woe. After years of traveling in the Continent, the accomplished healer Myrddion Merlinus and his companions return to Britain, hoping their homecoming will be one of peace and safety. Instead, Myrddion is immediately pressed into service, first under the noble High King Ambrosius and later under Ambrosius's brother, the violent and treacherous Uther Pendragon. To keep Britain safe from the Saxon invaders, Myrddion compromises his honor and does despicable things. Hume's narrative detachment makes it difficult to sympathize with any of the characters. The women are particularly ill-treated, and the men have streaks of misogyny appropriate to the era but discomfiting for a modern audience. Hume's depiction of a Britain just after Rome's rule has ended is fascinating, however, and the details of the setting make the historical world more compelling than any of the characters. Fans will be glad to see more of Merlin's tale, but others may find the "exercise of cold-blooded slaughter" too brutal to enjoy.
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