Book One of the Fionavar Tapestry
When a famous speaker invites five college students to travel to another world with him, they eagerly agree to come along. Of course, it turns out the man, Loren, wasn't quite honest with them. He wants these five people to help him steer his land through the difficult times that are arising.
An ancient enemy, who was imprisoned, has managed to break free of his bonds. Rakoth Maugrim's only desire seems to be to destroy everything. He was defeated in the past and locked away in a prison under a mountain. But now that Rakoth is loose, he is once more starting to wage war against the people of Fionavar.
But five young people of Earth are now on Fionavar and they will stand along side the beleaguered folks of Fionavar, helping in ways they never imagined and finding love and worth in the battle against the Unraveller.
This was an OK read, if overly detailed and way too long. I'm not a person who cares about mythology and I think a lot of this story is taken from Norse and Celtic mythology. I generally try to avoid stories based on mythology, of any kind. For someone who enjoys it, this is probably an interesting story. I was not the right audience for it and I was glad when I finally finished it. One thing I really didn't like was there are too many characters to keep track of, over 150 characters. Just too many gods and beings and objects to remember and I finally had to make a list in order to keep track of them all.
Here is a review by Kirkus Reviews.
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