In a Time of Treason By David Keck
Friday, Feb 08, 2008 at 10:31amWith his novels In the Eye of Heaven, and the forthcoming In a Time of Treason, has delved deeply into myth, folklore and history to create Errest the Old, a world both strikingly familiar, yet tantalizingly strange. I have stated before that In a Time of Treason was one of my most anticipated books of 2008, and it didn't disappoint.
When writes about knights and tournaments you can smell the armour, feel the horses thunder across the lists and you shudder with the impact of lance on shield. The quieter moments of the novel are equally powerful, as Durand Col must choose between staying true to his Lord Lamoric, or his love, Lamoric's young wife Deorwen.
A little more of the fantastic edges of Errest the Old begin to intrude upon Durand's life in this second novel. The interesting thing Keck does is that all of this lore and magic is as new to Durand as it is to the reader, and it is a thrill to discover it with the protagonist.
Don't miss dual launch with , his wife and author of Seal Island and The Boundless Deep, March 22 at our Grant Park location.
See also:
David Keck on Fame and Obscurity
In a Time of Treason Hits the Pipeline
In the Eye of Heaven: A Review
A Link to David's Official Website
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Grad student Liza has long been plagued by vivid dreams of whaling. Offered the chance to trade her land-locked existence for a summer on Nantucket, the well-preserved heart of New England's whaling trade, Liza jumps at the chance, eager to see how well her dreams mesh with historical reality.
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In a single summer, Liza must answer the riddle of her dreams, reunite lovers separated by death, solve a hundred-year-old murder . . . and figure out her heart's desire.
