Fire Bringer

by David Clement-Davies

Overview

David Clement-Davies’s first novel was published to great acclaim, including a rave review from Watership Down author richard Adams: “it is a riveting story and deserves to be widely read. it is one of the best anthropomorphic fantasies known to me.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142408735
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/16/2007
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

David Clement-Davies is a journalist and travel writer. He lives in London.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

...the writing is rich, lucid, and sure to win loyal readers. (VOYA)

Editorial Reviews

...the writing is rich, lucid, and sure to win loyal readers. (VOYA)

From the Publisher

In the primeval forest there is a prophecy: a fawn born with an oak-leaf mark on his forehead will change the future of the Herne (as the deer are called). This augury is the keystone of first-time novelist Clement-Davies's sweeping animal fantasy. Rannoch is the hunted and hidden fawn who must find his destiny. His father and the entire legion of Outrider bucks have been betrayed and slain by Drail, the Lord of the Herds and his followers. Rannoch is fostered among strangers, only to be hunted first by the Drail's Nazi-like legions and then by the Machiavellian Sgorr and his minion. Tutored by the others of the animal kingdom, rescued by man, surviving many close calls on his journey, Rannoch faces his ambivalence and fear to lead the deer from their bondage. This vividly told story is not for the faint of heart: dreadful predictions, holocaust-like massacres, and ritual killings pervade this tale. Imaginatively placed in the wilds of ancient Britain, the obviousness of the allegory, with Rannoch as a Christ-like figure may make some readers cringe and others fill with ominous dismay, as it seems the story rushes to an unmistakable conclusion. Jaded readers of the genre will be surprised and relieved as the narrative veers off into the unexpected. A hurtling ride. (Fiction. 12+)

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