The Paradise War: Song of Albion Book 1 (Song of Albion Trilogy)

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Summary: This book captured my attention into it's world.
Review: This is an excellant book. It was always ready with something new when I needed it. If ou read any book sereis this should be at tleast the first one you read.

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Summary: What a wonderful story
Review: This really one of the best books I have ever read. I really enjoy the mystical and unknown. The way Lawhead puts it together is amazing. He makes me feel that I am there and part of the action. I really enjoy how he adds another story in part of the story itself too. I have read the sequals and they are all awesome. This was the book that started it for me though.

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Summary: Another well done book! OUTSTANDING! Must read!
Review: This series in particular was rather a new type of fantasy. In my opinion, the Paradise War was one of the finest books I have read, though it certainly did not have the same feeling it gave me reading the Dragon King trilogy. This book was more of a what if kind of thing. The detailed fighting parts were great to read as was in the Dragon King series. Like I said, a very well done series and a must read series.

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Summary: Present and past collide creating an incredible story...
Review: This trilogy contains the greatest story i have ever read and will ever read. The idea of a man in the present finding a portal to the past and turning out to be the chosen one, The Son of Albion, is incredible. It is a tale based on myth, yet I have never read a story that could be more real. I read these books about a month ago and not a day goes by that I don't think about them. I dream everyday of escaping to this world of Albion and being a part of it. I can honestly say (in my opinion, of course)that these books come together to form the greatest story ever, a definite competitor with Homer's "Odyssey".

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Summary: Lawhead brings ancient worlds to life once more
Review: Throught the use of wonderful characters and splendid events, Lawhead brings a world of Celtic mystery to the modern day reader in such a vivid manner that one is emersed to the point of forgetting "real" life, and discovering a reality that far surpasses mere words.

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Summary: Is This Trek Worth It?
Review: Trekking through Lawhead's narrative is like a journey through the Celtic landscape he describes...sometimes tedious and cold, sometimes awe-inspiring and moving. I was hooked by the initial premise and, as the story moved into the Otherworld, I found myself increasingly pulled into the story. I breathed in the Albion air and walked with painted warriors. Unfortunately, elements of the final conflict did not live up to the potential inherent in the earlier destruction scenes; the Coranyid, gruesome in description, never exuded the oppressive fear that you'll face in Tolkien's masterpieces. Even Nudd, lord of the Nether Realms, presented a manageable foe. This aside, I enjoyed Llew's journey into the Heart of the Heart to discover the cure for all that ailed Albion. The final pages, even the final sentence, left me yearning for another trek through Lawhead's imaginative world. As the story closed, we caught a glimpse of the true hero that Lewis, the Oxford graduate student, could be. And a glimpse of a more personal foe in the sequel. Give me my hiking boots--I'm ready to go.

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Summary: Good Time-Killer
Review: With a lot of time on my hands these days and having this book and its follow-ups to hand, I thought why not give it a bash. In truth, the series is very readable, and you can picture both characters and environment reasonably well, and trundle through the chapters at a pace which pleases. The only problem I have is that it's just not very gritty. The language is all just a touch too antiseptic, and lacks believability. Having just been transported to another world, and a violent one at that, full of marauding semi-naked Celtic huntsmen, the contrast between new and old, (which consisted of nothing more exciting than wondering when exam results would arrive), would surely raise a few expletives from even the most sweet tongued well groomed young man?
That aside, and assuming that you like your fiction in this vein, you'll enjoy this offering. I guess its a bit like a bath... some people want to be invigorated by one, and others want to just lay and soak. Buy the trilogy and you can soak way 'till even your wrinkles have wrinkles.

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Summary: Amazing.
Review: Wonderfully written Celtic fantasy

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Summary: Wow!
Review: You know, I've just read the new Harry Potter. And a couple of other books that I'm not proud of. And I really had nothing to say about any of them, one way or the other. But I wanted to write something about this book. Gosh, ITS SO GOOD! Thats that!
I was so impressed and pleased to have stumbled upon this book.
I just happened to pick it up; I read one of Lawhead's others before and remembered that other reviewers had said that other book wasn't one of his best. So I decided to try it and apparently found his best. Geez.
The ideas that it has, they're so savory. Could it be that the fairy world is just a go around the cairn away?
His logic, argument, writing style, magic, whatever it was, had me convinced that there truly is another world out there. And it is beautiful. Imagine that world----that world with out our modern conveniences---the most profound perhaps, imagine that world with out our modern sound. We are always bombarded with it.
That first part of the book is there to convince us that there is another mysterious realm. Its a fast pace to get there, too.
Simon, the main characters friend, is an intriguing enigmatic fellow. We think we know him so well until the last of the story.
The next part of the book is gaining acceptance and appreciation of that other realm.
And the last part is fighting to keep it whole and sound. It seems an uphill battle---can't wait to find out in Book 2.
You can not die and not have read this! I couldn't believe this book hadn't won any awards---if I had one to give, I would. Perhaps this review will suffice.
On to Book 2! The Silver Hand! Oh, and if you go to Stephen Lawheads official website, you can get a pronounciation guide to all our favorite characters! Yay!