Nora Roberts: Morrigan’s Cross

Review by Vicky London

Morrigan’s Cross is book one of the Nora Roberts’s Circle Trilogy. Hoyt Mac Cionaoith, a sorcerer living in 12 century Ireland has been chosen by the goddess Morrigan for a special purpose. He will be the leader of the fight to defeat Lilith, the mother of all vampires who has decided it’s time for vampires to take over the world. When Morrigan approaches him, Hoyt has just tragically lost his twin brother Cian to Lilith. She has turned Cian into a monster driven by blood lust. His brother is beyond his reach as if he were dead. Hoyt has no choice but to accept Morrigan’s task, the future of the world is at stake.

Morrigan’s instructions for Hoyt are to gather the circle of six; himself, a witch, a warrior, a scholar, one with many forms, and the one he’s lost. Some will seek him out, others he will have to find. Glenna Ward is a witch living in modern-day New York City. Her dreams of an ancient sorcerer she is somehow connected to are more reality than dream. Blair Murphy is the warrior, descendant of Hoyt and Cian’s sister Nola, she was raised to be a hunter of the vampire. Blair is a killing machine and will need to teach the others her battle skills. Moira is the scholar, her mother was murdered by vampires and she is destined to take her place on the throne as ruler of Geall. If they don’t win the battle against the vampires there may be no Geall to return to. Larkin, a shapeshifter also from Geall and cousin to Moira, can take any living form that he wishes. The last of the circle “the one he’s lost” will be (the now vampire) Cian and Hoyt will have to convince his long lost brother to help him destroy Lilith.

There are three parts to the story making up the trilogy. As Morrigan tells Hoyt, the circle of six will have a month to gather, one to learn, and one to know. The greatest battle ever waged, good against evil, will take place on Samhain in The Valley of Silence. Nora Roberts deftly weaves Celtic lore and vampire legend in her first ever paranormal trilogy. The book begins with a fairy tale sort of tone but picks up the pace when it moves forward into the present day. The story is being told by an older man to a group of children. I hope these kiddies are older because this story has a lot of violence, death and some hot sex. Overall it was a good start but a bit short, it probably could have been one large book instead of a trilogy. I guess it builds the anticipation for the next book, Dance of the Gods, which will be released on October 3, 2006 in both the US and UK.

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