Year of the Lynx by Lizzie Lane

Year of the Lynx

by Lizzie Lane 




Year of the Lynx by Lizzie Lane was published in 2026. 
My thanks to Lizzie for sending me a copy to review and to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me onto the tour.






Synopsis

When the news comes of Roman invasion, Morcant the druid, also known as brother of the lynx, heads for home only to find it destroyed, the flames reaching the sky. Overcome by a thirst for vengeance he joins the army of Caradoc, who the Romans call Caractacus. As a druid, he becomes a trusted advisor and his advice is to head west with a view to uniting the disparate tribes. After their main settlement is lost, the bedraggled host head west into action and adventure where not all tribes are willing to fight, and some are too terrible to make allies.



My Thoughts



Year of the Lynx is the first book in The Celtic Chronicles and is the story of Morcant, a Druid, at the time of the Roman invasion. The first thing the book does is introduce you to the main characters which is a useful point of reference as you read the story. This centres around the Catuvellani tribe and the Romans and even though it is a work of fiction what we do know , or suppose we know , from that period of history is used within the book.

Once I got my head around the different characters and the importance of the gods to the druids I found the book very hard to put down and I thoroughly enjoyed the relationship between Morcant and the Lynx. The descriptive writing gives you the tools to create vivid images of the storyline as you read which makes this an excellent book for young adults to give them an understanding as to what life was like in the year AD 20 onwards.The adventures and tragedies Morcant goes through makes this book a compelling read and I am looking forward to the next instalment in The Celtic Chronicles.



About Lizzie



Lizzie Lane is the bestselling author of over sixty books, has appeared in the top thirty bestselling paperbacks, translated into several languages, and a past winner of the BBC New Writers’ Award. Has a love of history of all ages. Famous in particular for her WW2 novels set in Bristol and as Jean G Goodhind for The Honey Driver cosy crime series .


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