Antony Swithin (1935–2002)

So obviously I read this for any bits I could tease out that had anything to do with Holmes and Watson being like, totally in love with each other, like fer serious. And... that is basically the entire book. Well, not counting the parts about Holmes's periods, pregnancies and menopause (which read like the authors had no idea what they were talking about btw). Just the same, this could be the beginnings of a really, really awesome Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Actually, with an idea as show more intriguing as this, it should be a pastiche. I want the adventures of Ms. Sherlock Holmes! show less

I loved this quartet from Antony. It tells of the journey of a young lad searching for his missing father just after the rebellion of Owain Glendower in the 1400s. His journey takes him to the mysterious archaepeligo of Rockall - a land of strange creatures and new adventures. Will he find his family ... read on.

What if Rockall was bigger? What if it was the remains of Atlantis? What if it was a different ecology?

All these questions and more are addressed in this charming but quirky book

The first in a set of four fantasy novels.
A young man sets out to search for his father and brother who are hunted men after Hotspur's rebellion in medieval England. His quest takes him to Rockall -today a tiny spit of rock off Ireland's coast, but in Swithin's novel this is a part of the as-yet unsunk continent of Atlantis.

The history, geography and geology of the country is perfectly detailed and interesting, but never gets in the way of the action or the development characters.

I have only show more seen second-hand copies, but the book can be read online at:
andhttp://www.rockallonline.com/ show less