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Somewhere on the Time Ellipse Mike Kenscott became Adric; and the only way to return to his own identity was to find the Keep of the Dreamer, and loose the terrible Falcons of Narabedla! Marion Zimmer Bradley exceeds expectations with this classic sci-fi/fantasy tale.

Es una de las versiones más hermosas que se han publicado de la leyenda del rey Arturo, ya que se hace desde la perspectiva de los personajes femeninos, por medio de la mirada y las vidas de las mujeres que hicieron posible el mito gracias a la lucha y el sacrificio personal. La antigua tradicion celta se enfrenta a la llegada del cristianismo en Avalon, un lugar envuelto por la niebla donde Viviana, sacerdotisa y Dama del Lago, tiene como mision encontrar un rey que pueda ser fiel tanto a los ritos ancestrales de Avalon como a las nuevas costumbres de los invasores cristianos.

For Caillean the enemies are twofold: the Romans, with their stone cities and foreign gods; and the growing bigotry of the Christians who share the Lady's sanctuary. And though it is told salvation will come through the union of her beloved Gawen, son of a hundred kings, and Sianna of the old people, the way lies not through victory, but sacrifice. Two hundred years later, Dierna finds she must turn to the old foe in her struggle against a new threat. Yet in striving to keep Rome's British resources for the country's own protection, may not her meddling in men's affair hasten the fall of the empire itself and damage Avalon? And Viviane faces desperate times indeed, for the last flicker of Rome is failing fast, and the Saxons ride roughshod over peoples and promises alike. But there is hope even in this extremity, for a Merlin is made among the Druids once more, and the day of the Defender, so long foretold, draws close ...

Helena. Beautiful, young, enigmatic. She's a daughter of the Holy Isle who became a Christian Saint and the heroine of Welsh legend. In 296, the emperor Contantius come to Britian and falls in love with Princess Eilan, known as Helana to the Romans. She is also the daughter of King Coel and the high Priestess of Avalon. Helena see's a chance to marry the bloodlines of ancient royal families, and their myths and traditions. But she has to contend with the politics of Rome, the ill fortunes of war and the irresistable rise of a powerful new religion...