The Last Light of the Sun, Guy Gavriel Kay
The Last Light of the Sun, Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Last Light of the Sun

Author: Guy Gavriel Kay

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 17 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/19/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

A powerful, moving saga evoking the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago from the acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry.

Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father’s sins, denied his heritage and home, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face with a past he’s been trying to leave behind …

In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy—and with swords and arrows. Meanwhile his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters give shape to their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls
in the spirit wood …

And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, pursuing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools …

Making brilliant use of motifs from saga and song and chronicle, Guy Gavriel Kay conjures a work of subtle, intricate richness, bringing to life an unforgettable world balanced on the knife-edge of change.

“A historical fantasy of the highest order, the work of a man who may well be the reigning master of the form.”—Washington Post Book World

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

In the nighttime you prayed for light. I think Kay is one of the most important writers in fantasy today and often overlooked. His writing is phenomenal. I’ve seen his works being described as ‘historical fantasy’. That’s a lie. There’s nothing historical about them. They are heavily inspired by cert......more

Goodreads review by Jake

And so a difficult truth about human courage was played out among those trees. A truth we resist for what it suggests about our lives. But sometimes the most gallant actions, those requiring a summoning of all our will, access to bravery beyond easy understanding or description...have no consequence......more

Goodreads review by Pranav

There is something different about The Last Light of the Sun compared to Kay’s other historical fantasy books that is hard to properly describe. It leaves the impression of having read a dark fairytale: the more dreamlike, ethereal aspects of the story being the most memorable. At least, that is how......more