A review by dromwald
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

Another great read from a master story-teller. This one, influenced by Alfred the Great and the Anglo Saxon kingdoms and Wales during the dark ages was particularly interesting for me as I currently live in a part of what was once Wessex and spent much of my childhood in the valleys of Wales. There is also a supernatural element in the book surrounding the pre-christian deities supposedly worshiped in those times which, though should be taken as pure fantasy, caused a tingle in my memories. Anyone who has spent a windy Halloween night on Badbury Rings or sat near the King's Barrows near Stonehenge at dusk will appreciate there was a reason why our superstitious ancestors felt the ancient forests that surrounded them held more than a little of the fey about them.