Old as time, older than its written word is this great saga, yet its spirit is young, courageous, dawn-lit. There is adventure in the wanderings of the hero, Manawyddan, and drama. We thrill to his battle with the Bard; his defeat of Tathal-Cheat-the-Light; we are stirred as he outwits the Sea-Thief who seeks to impose stone-hood on him. Magnificent passages describe his trials; his sorrow upon entering the Valley of Granite Warriors; his triumph as he wrests the Harp of Alawan from the Thief and plays a song so vibrant that it bursts the bonds of hell, and crumbling warriors come to life.

The story is told with feeling and appreciation and love for the great Welsh romances, and with fine vigor in the writing. The prose has great beauty and sustains always the "singing" quality bringing us back to the bards who first told the tales.

An important edition to literature, not only for the quality of its prose but because it gives us a new story. Swiftly moving and dramatic, this is a book that lovers of hero tales, old or young, cannot afford to miss. 

From the dust jacket