Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue


Seven years old Henry Day is kidnapped by fairy changelings living in the dark forest near his home-ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness-now and forever, he will be seven years old. The group has left another child in Henry's place. This changeling boy, who has morphed himself into Henry's duplicate, must adjustto a new way of life and hide his true identity from the Day family. But he can't hide his extraordinary talent for the piano, and his near-perfect performances prompt his father to suspect that he is an impostor. as he grows older the new Henry Day becomes haunted vague but persistent memories of life in another time and place. Both Henry and Aniday search obsessively for who they were before they changed places in the world.

King Arthur Dragon's Child - M. K. Hume


The dark Ages : a time of chaos and bloodshed. The Roman legions have long deserted the Isles and the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic Britain, is nearing death, his kingdom torn apart by the jostling for his throne.

Of Unknown parentage, Artorex is growing up in the household of Lord Ector. One day, three strangers arrive and arrange for Artorex to be taught the martial skills of the warrior;blade and shield, horse and fire, pain and bravery.

When they return, years later, Artorex is not only trained in the arts of battle, he is also a married man. The country is in desperate straits, its great cities falling to the menace of the Saxon hordes. Artorex becomes a war chieftain, and wins the battles that earn him the trust of his Celtic warriors and prove that he alone can unite the tribes. But, if he is to fulfil his destiny and become the High King of the Britons, Artorex must find Uther's crown and sword.