The Hollow Hills Author:Mary Stewart As in her international bestseller The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart used Arthurian legend to tell a spellbinding story.
The Hollow Hills takes place in a fifth-century Britain full of superstition and fear. No life is safe. No law is stable. A king risks accusations of murder and adultery to order to obtain an heir.
Read this many years ago. I was remember HAVING to read it after having read the Crystal Cave. I seem to recall some future tech was involved, believe it or not. Great good read!
I thought this was the best of her series, but her series is not the best of the Arthurian sagas. Good ... but not as great as Jack Whyte or Lawhead or Attanasio or others I'm not selling!
The best thing I can tell you is, if you like J.R.R Tolkien, you will love this. It has a slow beginning, which can tend to push a reader away, but if you hang in there, it is well worth it. There are many tasks and obstacles that Merlin and his apprentice must overcome, with an action packed conclusion.