Mit Die magische Insel schließt Stan Nicholls seine atemberaubende Trilogie um die Gefährten des magischen Bundes ab. Und stellt – nach seinem Bestseller Die Orks – damit endgültig unter Beweis, dass er seinen Platz in der Riege der Stars der modernen Fantasy mehr als verdient: Wie Robert Jordan oder George R. R. Martin gelingt es ihm, auf Tolkiens Spuren ein Millionenpublikum in seinen Bann zu schlagen.

Ten tales that sweep ancient Europe, from Iceland to England and from Greece to Denmark, giving a taste of the myth and folk-tale of them all. This book is bursting with fantastic retellings of old favourites such as 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' and 'Arthur the King'. It is alive with grippingly told, unfamiliar stories such as 'Godfather Death' and 'The Lady of Stavoren'. There's a tale in here to thrill, delight or chill every reader

The Huxley family lives on the edge of Ryhope Wood in a remote corner of Britain. One by one, the Huxley men are drawn into the wild, primitive life of Ryhope Wood. They are lured by their curiosity, by the beauty of one of the mythical beings living there, and by their lust for power over the beast-like humans who inhabit the wood.

Book 2. The Two Towers. As Aragorn searches for Frodo, he suddenly hears Boromir's horn. He finds Boromir mortally wounded by arrows, his assailants gone. Before Boromir dies, Aragorn also finds out that Merry and Pippin were kidnapped by Saruman´s Uruk-hai in spite of his efforts to defend them, and that Frodo had vanished after Boromir had tried to take the Ring from him and that he truly regretted his actions. In his last moments, he charges Aragorn to defend Minas Tirith from Sauron....