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For me this was the weakest of the three books. Edgerton gives an unsatisfying ending which bypasses the expected showdown and instead gives us a bit of Harlequin Romance and a fairytale resolution. However, I did appreciate the way she prefaced each chapter with passages from (fictitious) history and mythology which augment the main story.
Beautiful but just a little disappointing conclusion to the trilogy. Ceilyn and Teleri manage to harness their powers and come to terms with themselves and each other. However, there are a few too many loose ends, neither explained nor excused by Edgerton's subsequent trilogy focused on Tryffin and Gwenlliant. Also, the final defeat of Diaspad is a literal anticlimax, as it both is weirdly undramatic and occurs when there's still a third of the book left.
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- The Work of the Sun
- Original publication date
- 1990-03
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- Bron; Calchas fab Corfil (Lord of Mochdreff); Ceilyn mac Cuel; Cynwas fab Anwas (King of Celydonn); Diaspad ni Erim (Princess); Fflergant fab Maelgwyn (Prince of Tir Gwyngelli) (show all 15); Garanwyn fab Cyndrywyn; Gwenlliant ni Cyndrywyn; Manogan fab Menai (Earl Marshall); Mercury - cat; Sidonwy ni Duach (Queen of Celydonn); Sulphur (cat); Teleri ni Pendaren; Tryffin fab Maelgwyn (Prince of Tir Gwyngelli); Ysgafn (the Lord Constable)
- Important places
- Caer Cadwy, Ynys Celydonn; Caer Wydr, Ynys Celydonn (the Castle of Glass)
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- Ceilyn mac Cuel disappeared one day from the King's grand castle at Caer Cadwy.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Just contemplating the years ahead of them filled him with a deep satisfaction.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And the lad slept that night with the giant's daughter, and she was his only wife as long as he lived.
- from The Black Book of Tregalen
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