Bücher von Stephan Grundy

Grundy tells his version of the saga of Sigifrith's heroic ancestry and of the cursed treasure guarded by the dragon Fadhmir. touching on Sigifrith's coming of age, gaining a steed and a sword worthy of a hero, and of his deeds including revenge for his father's death, and slaying the dragon Fadhmir while taking possession of the great treasure. Ending in his tragic destiny as it forces him into an impossible choice between two women: Gundrun, a powerful king's daughter, his betrothed; and Brunichild, who believes herself to be his destined soulmate.

A warrior, impetuous and proud, an insatiable lover, and a man of restless, violent spirit, Gilgamesh has been chosen to guide his kingdom in times of war and peace. His strength and courage are unsurpassed, yet his reckless heart threatens the land and the people who are dependent upon his sober, benevolent rule. He has spurned the gods with his arrogant refusal to take part in a sacred ritual. And they, in turn, have responded by creating one who is his equal - a beast-man, lord of his own feral domain - who will lead Gilgamesh on a remarkable quest of accomplishment and discovery, and hasten the destruction of a tragically flawed hero's realm and legend. Moving across a richly evoked Mesopotamian landscape and written in a style that brilliantly and faithfully recalls the great epics throughout history, Stephen Grundy's Gilgamesh is an extraordinary achievement: a sweeping saga of gods, magic, adventure, and poignantly imperfect humanity that is at once compelling, original, and relevant to any epoch.

A fat, dreamy child, disappointing to his famous berserker father, Berki is given the mocking name Beowulf by his fellow youths. His love for the maiden Hygd drives him to his first heroic contest, in the course of which he is swept up by the wild passions of the sea-gods ninth daughter. Coming back from the sea's depths to the Geatish court, Beowulf discovers that he is no longer an object of mockery: his troll-like size, strength, and the lingering touch of the Otherworld upon him make him feared where he was once despised. Now Beowulf's true strife lies before him: the struggle to remain human among humans while accepting the sorrows and loneliness of his Otherworldly nature; to use his monster's strength to defend the earth from the ravages of troll and dragon; and to stand, at last, like a true king for the folk who once thought him worthless.

Join Stephan Grundy as he weaves this intriguing historical fiction for the reader set in the Ulster Cycle. Follow Queen Maeve of Connacht as she fights to save her title as queen and protect her people. A tale of blood, the past and present relationships and how they shape the people within them and around them. Can Maeve retain her queen-hood and find the strength to conquer her first husband The High King of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa. Stephan masterfully weaves together old Irish Celtic lore with fictional renditions of historical figures creating a world that he shows the reader through the eyes of three women as they tell their side of a bloody fight to save a people and their queen. Follow along with him as he takes you through the intricate nuances of Maeve's past that shapes her present and foreshadows her possible future.