Blood of Scotland

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Summary: Great Escapism
Review: (...). To be concise The Blood of Scotland is true escapism at it's best. To compare it to any other work is ludicrous. As well as, to bitch about its literary merits is to akin to bitching that Shrek did not win the Oscar. I highly recommend this book and hope that Hollywood discovers it as well as I did and make it a movie.

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Summary: Blood of Scotland
Review: (...)It was based on a vivid dream. Some of the characters are based on real people. It's not a long book but it's well written and I know from talking to M.E. Grant that there is the possibility of more Landy Logan stories in the works. This book deals a little with a "black operations" organization who does some of the government's dirty work, but mostly this book is about a girl (Mayteland, Landy for short) who dreams of a little Scottish girl who lived in 10th century Scotland. Landy sees this girl's life in the dreams she has. The little girl's village is wiped out and destoyed by a band of raiding Norsemen who also murder the entire village except the little girl whom they didn't find. A blood oath is taken for revenge. It's Landy's quest to find out who the girl was and why she has the strange dreams. I think you'll like it. I like the way the author blends the dreams with the way it affects her everyday life. The dreams and the story are vivid. M. E. Grant said that it was so vivid a dream that with so much detail and in furhter research many things that were written turned out to be very close to fact after research. You can get those details if you ask for them. (...)

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Summary: Great Escapism
Review: I do not know what book the reader from North Dakota was reading, but it could not have been the Blood of Scotland. It is great escapism in the truest sense of the word. It is ludicrous to compare this book to another book. It is like complaining that Shrek did not get the Oscar! I highly recommend this book and hope Hollywood discovers it! Matt Ferguson, Dupont, Washington

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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I was able to preview this book, while the author was in Iraq and my roommate got to see a draft copy. It was an ok book, but what concerns me, is that writer also went by the nickname of Snake. If the writer reviewing his own book, under a false pretense, then you might want to be careful when buying it.

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Summary: Blood of Scotland
Review: I'd been looking forward to reading Mark's book ever since he let me take a peek at part of his manuscript last year in Iraq. Mark has visited the Pharaohs' tombs in Egypt, and he's toured ancient battlegrounds in Scotland. He studies Celtic warfare, and he knows how to fight with swords and shields. I've seen Mark work out the way he describes in Blood of Scotland; I've seen him find artifacts that no else noticed the way Landy does in the story; I've listened as he described his own vivid dreams. This book has been writing itself in Mark's imagination since long before I met him! I got a kick out of Blood of Scotland, and I'll look forward to his sequels as well.

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Summary: Blood of Scotland
Review: To the Readers: I am a friend of Mark's and if the reader in ND thinks my review is stilted then so be it, maybe it is. Mark and I spent a year in Iraq together and I know him well. I am also a great fan of Diana Gabaldon's series of books and have read them all. Some of them more than once, she is a great writer- no question. I disagree with he reader in North Dakota, in the sense that this book, Blood of Scotland, is a take off of Gabaldon's theme. I see no similarities other than the fact that the setting is in Scotland. I am not saying this is the best book I've ever read but it is certainly better than a lot of books I've read. I stand by my original rating, 4 stars. Mark has agreed to take persoanl e-mails at [e-mail] should you e-mail him there. You can also see his web site at www.me-grant.com

Rating:
Summary: Blood of Scotland
Review: To the Readers: I am a friend of Mark's and if the reader in ND thinks my review is stilted then so be it, maybe it is. Mark and I spent a year in Iraq together and I know him well. I am also a great fan of Diana Gabaldon's series of books and have read them all. Some of them more than once, she is a great writer- no question. I disagree with he reader in North Dakota, in the sense that this book, Blood of Scotland, is a take off of Gabaldon's theme. I see no similarities other than the fact that the setting is in Scotland. I am not saying this is the best book I've ever read but it is certainly better than a lot of books I've read. I stand by my original rating, 4 stars. Mark has agreed to take persoanl e-mails at [e-mail] should you e-mail him there. You can also see his web site at www.me-grant.com