Silver Hand (Song of Albion, #2)

by Stephen R Lawhead

"Before Albion is one, the hero feat must be performed and Silver Hand must reign." The great king, Meldryn Mawr, is dead and his kingdom lies in ruins. Treachery and brutality stalk the land. Prince Meldron, prompted by the cunning and grasping Siawn Hy, now claims the throne. Kingship, sovereignty and the making of a true king lie at the heart of this second book in the Song of Albion trilogy. Herein lie passion and power, heartbreak and hope - the fate of Albion and the destiny of the long-awaited champion: Silver Hand.

• ISBN10: 1595542205
• ISBN13: 9781595542205
• Publish Date: 1 September 2006 (first published 1 May 1992)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 9 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Westbow Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 452
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

[b:The Silver Hand|73930|The Silver Hand (The Song of Albion, Book 2)|Stephen R. Lawhead|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170843498s/73930.jpg|1008415] is a continuation of a good story. It's told again in first person but from a different character's point of view which I found interesting. It is much darker and more violent than [b:The Paradise War|617086|The Paradise Snare (Star Wars The Han Solo Trilogy, Volume 1)|A.C. Crispin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176361848s/617086.jpg|2112698]. [a:Stephen R. Lawhead|28083|Stephen R. Lawhead|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1247321485p2/28083.jpg] has created appaling characters and he doesn't hold them back. They are allowed to be cruel and vile and it makes for a dark book.

And yet, there is goodness and respite and peace as well. [a:Stephen R. Lawhead|28083|Stephen R. Lawhead|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1247321485p2/28083.jpg] seems to be exploring farther ideas of sovereignty which is interesting in the world he's set, but as often as he touches on them, he doesn't dive deep enough into it for my tastes. My other complaint is that I never like when the reader is smarter than the characters. There were things that Tegid wrestles through and barely figures out that seemed readily apparent to me early on. And it's never fun to read pages of a character trying to sort out what you already know.
I also realized that, while he brought back elements from the first book, this story did not go the direction I expected when I was still early in the first book.

Still, it's a good book with a good mythology.

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

After reading all 3 books in this trilogy, I've decided that they were a waste of my time. Based on how the last book ended, it makes the second book pointless.