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Blood of the Colyn Muir
An enemy navy is destroying the coast of the magical land of Tharda, and only Darith, lord of Colyn Muir, can rescue the realm, but first he must find the lost vampiric sword of his ancestors
- GenresSword and SorceryFantasy
245 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1988
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Paul Edwin Zimmer
18 books14 followersPaul Edwin Zimmer (1943 – 1997) was an American poet and author. He was also an accomplished swordsman and founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism.
He was the younger brother of Marion Zimmer Bradley.
He was the younger brother of Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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August 11, 2011
I found that this book was a little hard to read at the start. It has a Scottish bent in the settings of the main culture, with respect to a highland home, clans (and the naming structure therein), the wearing of kilts and the playing of bagpipes. (And probably more!)
As these settings are completely foreign to me, I found that they didn't originally settle well. On top of that, the beginning story was rather thorough in detail, and it wasn't until the story developed a little that I was hooked.
But once I was, I could barely put the book down.
In this story Darith, last of the blood of Colyn Muir, must conquer his family's curse to save the known world from the powerful onslaught of a Demon.
To begin, Darith really does know very little about his ancestry or their actions. He blindly follows the traditions of his culture.
He's a lost soul, as some years ago he lost his wife whom he adored, and so once he is convinced that he must undertake this quest he commits absolutely, even knowing it will bring about his untimely death.
Darith has an added inner turmoil in that in his past he swore an oath of loyalty to the father of his late wife. And part of that oath was that he would never, in his life, swear loyalty to another.
Darith must therefore never swear loyalty to the king and as this breaks the tradition of his homelands and his family, it is an ever present trouble.
In his first adventure, he befriends a Troubadour of the royal court named Gonquin, and then later he befriends Prince Selvern himself. With his battle-trained servant Mannus, these resolute four must conquer some inner demons as well as the fearsome Kreelath.
As these settings are completely foreign to me, I found that they didn't originally settle well. On top of that, the beginning story was rather thorough in detail, and it wasn't until the story developed a little that I was hooked.
But once I was, I could barely put the book down.
In this story Darith, last of the blood of Colyn Muir, must conquer his family's curse to save the known world from the powerful onslaught of a Demon.
To begin, Darith really does know very little about his ancestry or their actions. He blindly follows the traditions of his culture.
He's a lost soul, as some years ago he lost his wife whom he adored, and so once he is convinced that he must undertake this quest he commits absolutely, even knowing it will bring about his untimely death.
Darith has an added inner turmoil in that in his past he swore an oath of loyalty to the father of his late wife. And part of that oath was that he would never, in his life, swear loyalty to another.
Darith must therefore never swear loyalty to the king and as this breaks the tradition of his homelands and his family, it is an ever present trouble.
In his first adventure, he befriends a Troubadour of the royal court named Gonquin, and then later he befriends Prince Selvern himself. With his battle-trained servant Mannus, these resolute four must conquer some inner demons as well as the fearsome Kreelath.
March 6, 2016
While I enjoyed this good book I felt like I was missing some of the background story. The main character is in a state of despondency and depression because of the loss of his wife. It refers to this and the adventure of how they met and he won her hand in a vague way. Anyways the villain's lair is discovered and vanquished within two-thirds of the book leaving the last third to take a unexpected turn I thought. Enjoyable read from the deceased brother of Marion Zimmer Bradley.
September 26, 2015
a rip off of Scottish culture, with respect to a highland home, clans, the wearing of kilts,bagpipes playing (and the naming structure not high on my list for a re read.
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