Customer Reviews
Excellent book, very original (despite being Robin Hood) - By: Derob Ecnirp, 25 Jun 2008 
A very fine read, Rhi Bran (Robin) is a prince, unfortunately he has his lands stolen by Normans, under whom his people suffer. Rhi Bran flees his land to try & get help from the King, he is turned down & once again runs. He attacks Normans he finds ransacking a house, he is wounded & almost dies...
Read the book to find out the rest :P Don't want to ruin it for you. I enjoyed this book immensely, I noticed that other customers have complained about it not being Robin Hood, personallly I prefer this new story line & location. One of the things I found very interesting reading this book is the way Stephen R. Lawhead slowly moulds Rhi Bran into the shape of the old Robin Hood, Rhi Bran begins hardly recognisable to Robin, but slowly, as the story unfolds, he becomes more & more like Robin.
Overalll a Very good read & well worth the money, I'm currently reading the next book, Scarlet, which is also a very good read but a very diffrent style and, for me, a four star.
The first Book in the King Raven Trilogy - By: J. Chippindale, 11 Dec 2007 
Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationallly acclaimed author of mythic history & imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium & the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, & The Song of Albion. Lawhead makes his home in Austria with his wife. Stephen Lawhead is one of my alll time favourite authors & I am only sorry that he does not write more often.
Stephen Lawhead has always been the master of a good historical story. His tales, whether they be original, like the Song of Albion series, or in the case of the Pendragon series a new look at an old story, are always full of life & adventure & he always manages to produce some of the best fantasy fiction around. This book the first in the King Raven Trilogy will not disappoint his legions of readers.
Once again Lawhead puts his own slant to an old story. No less a legend than that of Robin Hood. In the story, aptly named Hood, our hapless hero, Bran, heir to the Welsh throne becomes an outlaw after his father, the king is brutallly murdered by the Normans.
You will either love or hate this book. I enjoyed it a lot, but if you are a lover of the traditional Robin Hood legend, this story is far removed from the original & may be just a step to far for some traditionalists.
Hood (King Raven Trilogy) - By: Martin Carver, 16 Jul 2007 I have read several other review's of this book elsewhere, most of them seem to be concerned about the same thing, shock horror a welsh Robin Hood! come on this is just a work of fiction who cares if Robin is not
running around Sherwood, this is a great story. The Robin Hood legend was long overdue for a makeover, Stephen Lawhead has done a brilliant job doing just that. I cannot agree with the other reviewers opinion, I found the Park Godwin book to be slow moving & dull in comparison, I was unable to finish it. But I do stress this is just my opinion.
HOOD Will Capture Your Imagination! - By: Kimberly Gelderman, 13 Oct 2006 Stephen Lawhead's medieval novels never disappoint & this one is no exception! It is the first of a trilogy about Robin Hood & why & where the legend may have originallly came from.
Bran of Elfael, the heir to this Welsh throne, becomes Hood in this story when his father, the king, is brutallly murdered by Normans in William Rufus' England. The story progresses with many of the emerging characters associated with Hood coming onto the scene, albeit with their original names & how they became Friar Tuck, Little John, & Merian among others.
It is a tale that will keep you riveted to each page until it is, sadly, finished! I am eagerly anticipating the second book in this trilogy. Thank you for a great read Mr. Lawhead, keep them coming!
A new approach - By: Chris V-H, 03 Oct 2006 
A new slant at the telling of the Saga of Robin Hood setting the story
in Wales after the conquest of 1066.
I'm sorry it just doesn't work its a well written novel & I will read the
next two in the trilogy but the story just is not right for me Robin Hood
the Welsh hero no I'm afraid not.
Try Parke Godwin's "Sherwood" set in the same timeline a lot better .
