Call of the Sword

I read the complete series of Chronicles of Hawklan a number of years ago. I couldn't put them down. I read one after the other. All of the books were excellent, with the exception of Whistler. For some reason, I struggled with that one. But all the rest were a very good read. Interesting characters and plot - a lot of action. It is an epic story that I thoroughly enjoyed and was sad when I read the last book. This series would make a great set of movies (if you are a LOTR fan, you will enjoy these books!) 1 The Call of the Sword (1988) (ISBN 1-84319-078-8) 2 The Fall of Fyorlund (1989) (ISBN 1-84319-111-3) 3 The Waking of Orthlund (1989) (ISBN 1-84319-139-3) 4 Into Narsindal (1990) (ISBN 1-84319-147-4) 5 Dream Finder (1991) (ISBN 1-84319-155-5) 6 Farnor (1992) (ISBN 1-84319-179-2) 7 Valderen (1993) (ISBN 1-84319-189-X) 8 Whistler (1994) (ISBN 1-84319-197-0) 9 Ibryen (1995)(ISBN 1-84319-216-0) 10 Arash-Felloren (1996) (ISBN 1-84319-224-1) 11 Caddoran (1998) (ISBN 1-84319-232-2) 12 The Return of the Sword (1999) (ISBN 1-84319-240-3)

This is the first in a four book sequence by British author Roger Taylor called "The Chronicles of Hawklan". One night in the middle of a snowstorm, Hawklan arrives at the ancient sealed castle of Anderras Darion. He has no memory of his personal history or even his name. The locals of the village below the castle re-name him Hawklan and he finds he is a natural healer of great ability with a store of knowledge that he doesn't know the origins of.The real story of this book starts with the arrival of a harmless looking tinker who sells goods to the village people. However, what he sells are not what they seem. This leads Hawklan on a quest to discover the source of the poison that has been sold to the people he loves, and it's the start of world changing events for everyone, with Hawklan as the unexpected catalyst.This book is well paced and written and Hawklan and his friends are characters which grow on you with affection. However, this book is really only an introductory novel in some ways, but if you enjoy fantasy its well worth reading.The other books in this series are:The fall of FyorlundThe Waking of OrthlundInto Narsindal

fantastic, shame you can't get it anymore