[Ballantine Adult Fantasy 18] • The Island of the Mighty

This is a tale of the Great Ones.

 

This is the tale of Mâth, Son of Mathonwy, King and perhaps High-God of Gwynedd in the far marshes and mountains of the West—the dark kingdoms of Wales in the druidic days;

 

As it is the tale of Mâth’s nephew and heir,

Gwydion, warrior-necromancer whose heroic might and towering strength helped him to stand alone;

 

And of Gwydion’s terrible sister, the sorceress Arianrhod, she who rejected her brother but gave birth to a seed of life which became the beloved, doomed heir of Gwydion, Llew Llaw Gyffes.

 

And finally, this is the tale of Llew the Golden, the wise, courageous and adored one—the one cursed by his mother to a destiny that wed him to a heedless child made of flowers.

 

This is a tale of Wonders.