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    Only the Stones Survive
    Only the Stones Survive
    Only the Stones Survive
    Audiobook8 hours

    Only the Stones Survive

    Written by Morgan Llywelyn

    Narrated by Michael Healy

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    For centuries the Túatha De Danann lived in peace on an island where time flowed more slowly and the seasons were gentle-until that peace was shattered by the arrival of invaders. The Gaels, the Children of Milesios, came looking for easy riches and conquest, following the story of an island to the west where their every desire could be granted. They had not anticipated that it would already be home to others, and against the advice of their druids, they begin to exterminate the Túatha De Danann.

    After a happy and innocent childhood, Joss was on the cusp of becoming a man when the Gaels slaughtered the kings and queens of the Túatha De Danann. Left without a mother and father, he must find a way to unite what is left of his people and lead them into hiding. But even broken and scattered, Joss and his people are not without strange powers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 5, 2016
    ISBN9781494586676
    Only the Stones Survive
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    Morgan Llywelyn

    Historian and novelist Morgan Llywelyn was born in New York City, but after the death of her husband and parents in 1985 returned to Ireland to take up citizenship in the land of her grandparents and make her permanent home there. After making the shortlist for the United States Olympic Team in Dressage in 1975, but not making the team itself, she turned to writing historical novels exploring her Celtic roots. The most successful of these was Lion of Ireland - The Legend of Brian Boru, which was published in 1980 and has sold into the millions of copies. She received the Novel of the Year Award from the National League of American Penwomen for her novel The Horse Goddess as well as the Woman of the Year Award from the Irish-American Heritage Committee for Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish. The latter award was presented to her by Ed Koch, then-mayor of New York City. Morgan is also the author of A Pocket History of Irish Rebels for the O'Brien Pocket Books Series. In 1990 Morgan Llywelyn turned to writing for the young reader, with the publication of Brian Boru, Emperor of the Irish, a biography in the novelistic style, by The O'Brien Press, Dublin. For this book she won an Irish Children's Book Trust Bisto Award in 1991. Her second book for the young reader is Strongbow, The Story of Richard and Aoife (The O'Brien Press) 1992, for which she won a Bisto Award in the Historical Fiction category, 1993 and the Reading Association of Ireland Award, 1993. Her third novel for young readers, entitled Star Dancer, (The O'Brien Press) was drawn from her experience of the world of showjumping and dressage. She has also written The Vikings in Ireland, an exploration of what actually happened when the Norsemen landed in Ireland. Morgan's latest book for children is Pirate Queen, the story of Grace O'Malley, told partly through letters from Granuaile to her beloved son. It is a thrilling tale of adventure that brings this unorthodox and inspiring historical figure to life.

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    • 2/5
      Fans of Morgan Llywelyn will be familiar with the setting and themes presented here - her fantasy/New Age take on Celtic history. I've read a good number of her books, although not in a few years, and enjoyed them greatly. However, 'Only the Stones Survive' feels more like backstory for a novel than the novel itself. It's the alternate history, not the story set in that history.

      Here we learn how the Tuatha Dé Danann, a tribe with ancient and possibly extraterrestrial or supernatural origins, have settled on the island of Eire. They've been here for so long that they themselves no longer remember all their history. They have renounced their fearful weapons in favor of a peaceful, agricultural existence. Even their formidable magic is rarely used.

      None of this works to their advantage when they are invaded by a rough group of seafarers from Iberia. The softheartedness of the Tuatha Dé Danann allows the invaders to make landfall - and live. In return, many of the peaceful people are soon slaughtered.

      The book has a main character, a young elvish (oops, I mean Tuatha Dé Danann) man, through whose eyes we see the sweeping events that affect his people. But none of the individual characters really came alive for me. The focus here is Llywelyn's fantastic/wishful-thinking history of the origin of the Celtic people.

      If you're a Llywelyn completist, you may very well enjoy this. If you're new to the author, I'd recommend starting with one of her classics instead, such as the epic 'Lion of Ireland.'

      Many thanks to Tor and NetGalley for the opportunity to read. As always, my opinion is solely my own.