Most Popular Books by Robert Holdstock

The Merlin Codex brings together Robert Holdstock's Celtika, The Iron Grail and The Broken Kings in one superb omnibus. Recounting a young Merlin's epic story, The Merlin Codex moves through the classical world of Jason (of the Argonauts fame) and his wife Medea. Jealously guarding his gift as every act of magic shortens his life, Merlin weaves his plots across the centuries, showing us echoes of the man and the stories we know from Arthurian legend. Robert Holdstock was unanimously hailed by critics as the best contemporary author of SF and Fantasy. By mixing Greek and Celtic mythologies happily around an immortal character, Holdstock once again touches on the great universal myths as he did so brilliantly in his Mythago Wood saga, going beyond the limits of Fantasy.

When Odin's curse fell upon him, Harald Swiftaxe, the young Norse warrior, lusty in love and battle, was fully human no longer. He was incensed with the animal rage of the god's devotees, the Berserkers. The snarling ferocious savagery of the bear possessed him. Immune to fire and steel, frenzied by the smell of blood and the sight of torn human flesh, he was driven to the worst of human deeds . . . The stench of fear was meat and drink to him, and cowering women learned of his cruel, insatiable lust. The bear screeched its ecstasy - yet at times the man dimly understood the horror. Could the demon god be killed, the spell lifted...? If there was a way, the price of failure would be high, greater than death itself . . .

George Huxley avait passé presque toute son existence à étudier l'antique et mystérieuse forêt de Ryhope, avant de s'y perdre à jamais, envoûté par le chant des mythagos. Puis son fils Steven, aidé de l'aviateur Harry Keeton, avait tenté à son tour de percer les secrets de ce bois fabuleux, qui lui avait volé son père puis Christian, son frère aîné. Telle est la légende de La forêt des mythagos. Mais qu'en fut-il du destin de Christian, lui qui avait pénétré dans Ryhope pour retrouver sa Guiwenneth, le mythago d'une antique chasseresse celtique ? Que découvrit-il au cœur de ces lieux fantastiques et dangereux, où chacun doit faire face à ses propres rêves - et ses propres démons ? Ultimes plongées au cœur du bois de Ryhope, La porte d'ivoire et La femme des neiges bouclent la boucle, forgent un nouveau mythe et referment - provisoirement - l'immense cycle de La forêt des mythagos.