The Paradise War, Stephen Lawhead
The Paradise War, Stephen Lawhead
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The Paradise War
Book One in The Song of Albion Trilogy

Author: Stephen Lawhead

Narrator: Stuart Langston

Unabridged: 13 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 09/08/2020


Synopsis

Experience the dazzling brilliance of a world like ours—yet infinitely bolder and brighter: a place of kings and warriors, bards and battles, feats of glory and honour. It is a place you will forever wish to be. It is Albion."When I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the world I knew."Lewis Gillies is an American graduate student in Oxford who should be getting on with his life. Yet for some reason, he finds himself speeding north with his roommate Simon on a lark—half-heartedly searching for a long-extinct creature allegedly spotted in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis accidently crosses through a mystical gateway where two worlds meet: into the time-between-times, as the ancient Celts called it. And into the heart of a collision between good and evil that's been raging since long before Lewis was born.First published more than twenty years ago, The Song of Albion Trilogy has become a modern classic that continues to attract passionate new readers.Part of The Song of Albion trilogy:Book One: The Paradise WarBook Two: The Silver Hand Book Three: The Endless KnotEpic historical fantasyBook length: 138,000 wordsIncludes additional insights from the author in “Albion Forever!” and an interviewExperience the dazzling brilliance of a world like ours—yet infinitely bolder and brighter: a place of kings and warriors, bards and battles, feats of glory and honour. It is a place you will forever wish to be. It is Albion."When I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the world I knew."Lewis Gillies is an American graduate student in Oxford who should be getting on with his life. Yet for some reason, he finds himself speeding north with his roommate Simon on a lark—half-heartedly searching for a long-extinct creature allegedly spotted in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis accidently crosses through a mystical gateway where two worlds meet: into the time-between-times, as the ancient Celts called it. And into the heart of a collision between good and evil that's been raging since long before Lewis was born.First published more than twenty years ago, The Song of Albion Trilogy has become a modern classic that continues to attract passionate new readers.Part of The Song of Albion trilogy:Book One: The Paradise WarBook Two: The Silver Hand Book Three: The Endless KnotEpic historical fantasyBook length: 138,000 wordsIncludes additional insights from the author in “Albion Forever!” and an interview

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on April 16, 2009

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. As an avid fantasy reader, I was reluctant to try this trilogy because Lawhead is not one of the best known fantasy writers. My husband bought me the book because Lawhead is a Christian and he thought I should try it. I was very pleasantly surprised! The writin......more

Goodreads review by Werner on May 09, 2008

This is the first book of a trilogy; and like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books (which he originally didn't want to separate into three volumes --that was the publisher's idea), the Song of Albion books basically form a unit that should be read and considered together. An evangelical, Lawhead displa......more

Goodreads review by Luke on September 27, 2016

So what is The Paradise War? Epic then, epic now, it is one of the first things I remember my mother reading to me when I was young, allowing me to visualize the might and magic of this well-woven portal into Celtic adventure and Otherwordly feats. Beleaguered by the shift from Oxford academia and th......more

Goodreads review by Gary on April 15, 2021

This book read like a cross between historical fiction and fantasy. There is enough Celtic history to make a case for a historical novel, but historical fiction purists would turn their noses up at the fantasy elements. I found the blend fascinating. It read a bit like an author's time travel fantasy......more

Goodreads review by Lindsey on April 04, 2015

I really liked the first 150 pages or so and thought the last 300 pages were pretty boring. Basically I didn't like the actual portal fantasy section. I think I would enjoy it if Stephen Lawhead wrote a contemporary novel, like a psychological thriller or literary fiction or something along those li......more