He waits for Medea to emerge from the underworld again, and for the return of Argo, the Ship of Heroes; aware in both cases that circumstances have changed greatly.
R.H.
London, April 2000
Praise for Celtika and Robert Holdstock
“Dazzling … Holdstock more than lives up to his billing as one of the finest living crafters of myth.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Strong and striking … Holdstock masterfully conflates two great myths of two disparate cultures. The personalities of Jason and Medea are consistent with their legends, but their motivations are revealed with a sure, contemporary astuteness.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“It astonishes.”
—Kirkus Reviews
—The Washington Post
“Our finest living mythmaker.”
—Stephen Baxter
“Marvelous … Highly recommended.”
—Interzone
“No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood.”
—Michael Moorcock
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
CELTIKA: BOOK ONE OF THE MERLIN CODEX
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First published in Great Britain by Earthlight, 2001
An Imprint of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
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ISBN: 0-765-34904-3
First Edition: March 2003
First mass market edition: January 2004
eISBN 9781466840690
First eBook edition: February 2013