The Black Rood (The Celtic Crusades #2) - Softcover

Lawhead, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310217830 ISBN 13: 9780310217831

Publisher: Zondervan, 2001

Synopsis

The son of Scottish nobleman Murdo Runulfson sets out with a disobedient vassal and an unruly monk to seek the Black Rood, a relic from the cross of Jesus, in the sequel to The Iron Lance. Reprint.

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Review:

The Celtic Crusades is a trilogy of stories about a noble Scottish family whose successive generations venture to the Holy Land at the time of the Crusades to retrieve sacred relics. In the first book, The Iron Lance, Murdo Ranulfson went to Jerusalem and brought back the iron lance used at the crucifixion. Now Duncan, Murdo's son, must find and preserve the Black Rood--a piece of the true cross. As in The Iron Lance, the main narrative is framed by the memoirs of Gordon Murray, nineteenth century scion of the ancient Scottish clan and member of a Christian secret society whose mission is to bring the world back to the true path.

This middle volume follows a format familiar to fantasy readers: an unformed youth leaves home to find himself and fulfill his destiny. In his travels through distant and dangerous lands, our hero rescues and is rescued by a series of quirky characters who join his quest, encountering divine visions, politics in the court of the Caliph, and cult assassins. He returns from his adventures older and wiser, triumphantly clutching the Black Rood, and accompanied, as an added bonus, by a new and beautiful wife.

Lawhead sprinkles his tale with delicious hints about revelations regarding the potential offspring of Jesus, which, if expanded upon in the final volume, threaten to elevate this fiction from competent to genuinely intriguing. --Luc Duplessis

From the Author:

Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of fantasy and imaginative fiction. He is the author of many book, including, the Byzantium and the Pendragon Cycle series. He lives in Oxford, England, with his wife and sons

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0310217830
• ISBN 13: 9780310217831
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 437