The Hawk Eternal

by David Gemmell

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"Gemmell's great reading--the action never letsup. He's several rungs above the good--right into the fabulous!"--Anne McCaffrey While the warlike and merciless Aenir wreak havoc upon the territory outside the mountain stronghold of the clans, Sigarni, the Hawk Queen, arrives in a parallel version of her own universe through a gate in space and time. Taliesen, last of the gatekeepers, has no idea why she has come. But he knows that heroes are needed and grants her passage into the ravaged show more land. Only Caswallon--loner, warrior, and thief--realizes the true extent of the danger and the mayhem that his people will come to face. As Taliesen tries to discover Sigarni's purpose, Caswallon must attempt to unite the clans to overcome their greatest peril. "For anyone who appreciates super heroic fantasy, David Gemmell's offerings are mandatory."--Time Out London show less

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Bello! 4 stelle piene

ANCORA (E SEMPRE) SULLE ASPETTATIVE:
essendo il seguito de[b:La regina guerriera|10187495|La regina guerriera|David Gemmell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1294742915l/10187495._SY75_.jpg|2397785] l'ho odiato per la prima metà.
Poi ho accettato che non è il seguito di un bel nulla e l'ho adorato.

TRAMA E SPOILER
Taliesin se ne va in giro tra livelli temporali da ottocento anni incasinando e/o aggiustando e alla sua morte Redhawk lo sostituisce.
In tutto questo Sigarni appare in piccoli camei, sufficienti a cambiare la vita del figlio adottivo di Caswallon: Gaelen (di tutti in realtà)

e dopo tanta guerra e perdite gli Highlander di tutti i paralleli temporali vissero felici e contenti
De eeuwige havik is geen direct vervolg op Yzerhands dochter, want De eeuwige havik begint op een heel ander punt in de tijd.

Net als in Yzerhands dochter speelt de mysterieuze druïde Taliesen weer een rol van betekenis. Het knoeien met de tijdslijn - door hem en door anderen - geven dusdanig veel complicaties, dat hij gedwongen is allerlei gevaarlijke beslissingen te nemen die het leven van andere mensen danig beïnvloeden.

Eén daarvan is Caswallon, een trotse Hooglander die zich zo min mogelijk met zijn stamgenoten wil bemoeien. Hij wordt echter gedwongen de leiding in handen te nemen als een zeer wrede vijand zich opmaakt om zijn volk te vernietigen.

Tegelijkertijd wordt in De eeuwige havik het verhaal verteld van de jonge Gaelen, die show more ternauwernood aan de dood weet te ontsnappen en door Caswallon wordt geadopteerd. Hij sluit vriendschap met leeftijdsgenoten en krijgt uiteindelijk een belangrijke rol toebedeeld in de strijd van de Hooglanders tegen hun vijand.

Maar ondanks de kracht en het tactische vernuft van Caswallon is de overmacht nog altijd erg groot en weet alleen Taliesen wat er uiteindelijk voor nodig is om de overwinning te behalen.
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Canonical title
The Hawk Eternal
Original title
The Hawk Eternal
Original publication date
1995
People/Characters
Sigarni; Caswallon; Maeg; Donal; Kareen; Gaelen (show all 15); Asbidag; Taliesin (as Taliesen); Maggrig; Cambil; Agwaine; Layne; Lennox; Gwalchmai; Deva
Dedication
The Hawk Eternal is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Newman, a young writer from Birmingham who never had the chance to see his name in print. He should have. He was talented, dedicated, and gifted with great determi... (show all)nation. But he was also one of the many haemophiliacs whose lives were further blighted by HIV-contaminated blood products. In the short time I knew him I gained a great insight into his courage and his amazing lack of outward bitterness.
He desperately wanted to finish his book and see it in print before he died. He didn't make it.
But the effort was truly heroic.
First words
The young priest was sitting in the sunshine, studying an ancient manuscript.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Gaelen smiled. 'Let us leave him to his life,' he said, taking Caswallon by the arm and leading him down the mountainside.

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Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6057 .E454Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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