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  <title><![CDATA[Blackmantle: A Triumph (Keltiad)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;Once, in Keltia, a woman dared to wrest back from the Lord of Death himself the greatest treasure of all: her beloved mate . . .&lt;P&gt;It is a time when the star-kingdom of Keltia is plagued by the Firvolgi, an ancient alien race. Yet along with a problem, the gods have sent a solution: Athyn Cahanagh, born orphaned on a battlefield, becomes High Queen and drives the invaders out. Athyn--now known as Blackmantle--and the great bard Morric Douglas fall in love and wed, ascending the Keltic throne as king and queen. But the lovely, dissolute courtesan Amzalsun&#235;a vows she would sooner kill her onetime lover Morric than see him with Athyn--and she keeps that vow.&lt;P&gt;But Athyn has sworn an oath too, one of love and vengeance. Taking the Low Road that only those mighty in magic may tread, she journeys to the Otherland, to find her lost lord and bring him home...&lt;P&gt;&quot;A splendid tale.&quot;&lt;BR&gt;--&lt;I&gt;Publishers Weekly&lt;/I&gt;                          </default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Patricia Kennealy-Morrison]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book several years ago, and found it to be a &quot;spoil me&quot; book...the kind that you can't honestly say is objectively a masterpiece, but it's just so darn fun to read you can't help yourself!<br/><br/>Morrison's concept is that there's a planet that was founded by the Ancient Ce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3170724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes authors get so caught up in their own fantasies, that they forget to tell us a story. Patricia Kennealy forgot that this story is about characters and that requires some <em>development</em> for her readers. I'm not interested in rehashing The Doors in what was once a really good, creative, and int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20225490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really breath-taking Celtic version of the Orpheus myth.  One of the few books that has really brought me to tears and does every time I re-read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reread. Another tale of be careful what you ask for.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A severely odd, yet satisfying read, this book is a good read.  I was moved by it at the time, as I identified closely with the heroine of the book.  Looking back years later, I do not know if I would enjoy it as much, but until then, my rating shall stand.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I suppose the book she wrote about her life with Jim Morrison wasn't enough, so she had to ficitionalize it to get her revenge. I kept reading this expecting it to get better, but it never really did.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The earlier novels were better, see copper crown!!!]]></body>
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