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Hawk Quest (Vallon #1)

Robert Lyndon

Hardcover | Pages: 672 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 1211 Users | 214 Reviews

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Title	:	Hawk Quest (Vallon #1)
Author	:	Robert Lyndon
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 672 pages
Published	:	April 9th 2013 by Redhook (first published January 1st 2012)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Medieval. Adventure. Fantasy

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The year is 1072.

The Normans have captured England. The Turks have captured a Norman knight. And in order to free him, a soldier named Vallon must capture four rare hawks.

On a heart-stopping journey to the far ends of the earth, braving Arctic seas, Viking warlords, and the blood-drenched battlefields, Vallon and his comrades must track down their quarry one by one in a relentless race against time.

The scale is huge. The journey is incredible. The history is real. This is Hawk Quest.

Present Books As Hawk Quest (Vallon #1)

Original Title:	Hawk Quest
ISBN:	0316219568 (ISBN13: 9780316219563)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Vallon #1
Characters:	Vallon the Frank, Hero the Greek, Raul the German, Wayland the Englishman, Richard the Norman, Drogo the Norman, Snorri the Norwegian, Syth

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Ratings: 3.99 From 1211 Users | 214 Reviews

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I was really unsure how to rate this book. It started out as a 4; then a 3; 2; then back to a three in the concluding section. The story is simply told: in order to ransom a Norman knight captured by the Turks at Manzikert, 4 white gyrfalcons are demanded by the Emir. The story is that of a band of faithful companions who undertake this quest and journey. Each section of the book recounts the story through each leg of the journey: ranging from Northumbria, to the North, Greenland/Iceland, then

This novel is an interesting look at European society of the late 11th century. The author takes us from the passes in the Alps of France to Norman England, to Viking Iceland, Greenland and Norway, down the Viking trade routes on the rivers of Russia to the Seljuk Empire in Anatolia. The basic plot is that an English Norman Knight son of an Norman English Count, captured after the Battle of Manzikert is being held for ransom by the Turks. The ransom is an either or proposition lots and lots of

Hawk Quest is a large, ambitious book about a group of men and women who ultimately find themselves traveling towards Constantinople by way of Iceland. This trip is long and hazardous. As the title suggests, the quest is about finding 4 Gyrfalcons to deliver as part of ransom. I really came to enjoy reading about the characters that made up the group on this quest and how they overcame (or failed to overcome) some of the obstacles in their way. This book isn't about absolute success and the

As someone who likes to, and wants to, review every historical fiction book I read, it is no great pleasure of mine to review books that I have less than positive opinions on. In a perfect world I would love or like every book I read. Every review would be glowing. Faults would be minor and opinions on them would not be offensive to the author or his or her fans. Smiles all round. Peace, love and good books forever more.It would make reviewing so much easier and I could move on guilt free to the

In full disclosure I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway.If Ken Follett, George R. R. Martin and John Flanagan had a love child, the result would be this epic book.Robert Lyndon has an excellent understanding of the medieval world and he brings it to life in this story. Just like in John Flanagans Rangers Apprentice and Ken Folletts Pillars of the Earth, Lyndon brings this knowledge to the reader, and gives clear understanding to the world, but what is clever is that it is blended into the

This book had my interest from the beginning. The story of a man's quest for white falcons takes him to Iceland, Greenland, Russia and Byzantium. The first part kept my interest, but when he arrives in Iceland and goes to Greenland, it begins to lag. I would have preferred it to be about 150 pages shorter.

His name was Hero. The name was so unlikely that it was funny. He was a messenger who met up with Captain Vallon who formed the party to go to Anatolia to ransom a gentleman. The characters that joined the party were priceless. The party sailed to Iceland to get a falcon which was the ransom, they failed to make a right turn toward the English Isles and ended up taking a most dangerous and lengthy trip from the tip of Norway to Anatolia. The characters that bonded along the way were Wayland, the