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Duilleog (A New Druids Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Donald D. Allan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 43 ratings

Gold Winner of the Dan Poynter's Global eBook Awards 2016.

In a land where the druids have been eradicated and Gaea stands on the brink of wiping out mankind, awakens the last hidden druid. Will Arbor awakens his legacy of druidic powers and begins a journey of self-discovery.

Enter the world where the Church of the New Order seeks to destroy this last druid, remove the Lord Protector, and regain their control over the lives of the people of the Realm. Witness the horrors that only men with greed and lust for power can unleash.

A speculative fiction series that explores the strength of reason, and the beauty of nature. Will Arbor, a young man ripped from his family, has raised himself in the wild and discovered his talents and a deep love of harmony and nature. He captures the joy of his journey to discover truths and his own strength in the face of adversity.

“Duilleog: The New Druids Series” is a story on how the last druid will try to change the world. A riveting suspense novel that will keep you guessing until the end. Duilleog is an engaging tale of the first book of the series. This novel is utterly unputdownable, a long to-do series, and your perfect bedtime companion!

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"A tale of good and evil that will engage you from the get-go!" Martin C. Jordan
"An excellent debut fantasy novel." Kelly R. Bell
"A rich and vibrant world with very believable characters." Sue

Enjoy the series; Duilleog the first volume in The New Druids Series. The series continues with Craobh, Stoc, Freamhaigh and Cill Darae, Volume Five (coming 2019); all available on Amazon.

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Completed on:07/31/2015Review Rating:4 stars.Reviewed By Lit Amri for Readers' Favorite

"Duilleog (A New Druids Series, Book 1) by Donald D. Allan centers on a young man who discovers his healing powers and tries to regain his significant past. Will Arbor is the last Druid who has just awakened his ability. The Church of the New Order seeks to eliminate him and regain their control over the Realm of Turgany. They are obsessed with power and wealth, and are unsympathetic to people's suffering. Readers will follow Will's journey of self-discovery, his effort to change the world, and his perseverance against his enemy.

Celtic mythology is a fascinating subject, one that I am always eager to read, particularly when it is fictionalized in stories. To be frank, I'm unsure which parts are historical facts and which are from Allan's imagination, but the depicted Druid life is fascinating and well crafted. Even though there are thrilling action scenes in Duilleog, I'm more mesmerized with the philosophical aspect of the story. Personally, I can sense that there's a clever and fairly subtle prod at the dogmatic and mendacious creed that unfortunately exists in our world today. Furthermore, the turmoil of politics portrayed in Duilleog also reflects our reality. I like it; this makes the reading much more immersive and I commend Allan for it.

The world building is great, yet slightly outweighs the characters and dialogue. That said, the prose has great flow and the pace is good. Duilleog's intriguing and original plot is a refreshing addition to the genre. On the whole, it's a solid debut for the series."

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Visit a land where druids have all but been eradicated and Gaea stands on the brink of wiVisit a land where druids have all but been eradicated and Gaea stands on the brink of wiping out mankind. Join Will Arbor as he awakens his legacy of druidic powers and begins a journey of self-discovery.
Enter a world where the Church of the New Order seeks to destroy this last druid, remove the Lord Protector, and regain their control over the lives of the people of the Realm. Witness the horrors that only men with greed and lust for power can unleash.
Explore the strength of reason, the beauty of nature, and the lies of religion. A young man, ripped from his family, has raised himself in the wild and discovered a talent and love of nature and harmony. Duilleog captures the joy of his journey to discover truths and his own strength in the face of adversity.
Duilleog is the first volume in The New Druids Series.ping out mankind. Join Will Arbor as he awakens his legacy of druidic powers and begins a journey of self-discovery.
Enter a world where the Church of the New Order seeks to destroy this last druid, remove the Lord Protector, and regain their control over the lives of the people of the Realm. Witness the horrors that only men with greed and lust for power can unleash.
Explore the strength of reason, the beauty of nature, and the lies of religion. A young man, ripped from his family, has raised himself in the wild and discovered a talent and love of nature and harmony. Duilleog captures the joy of his journey to discover truths and his own strength in the face of adversity.
Duilleog is the first volume in The New Druids Series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0103EAM6O
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Donald D. Allan
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 4th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.4 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0994795601
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ A New Druids Series
  • Customer Reviews:
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Donald D. Allan

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DONALD D. ALLAN is an award-winning author for the New Druids epic fantasy series. He is best known for his knowledge of just about everything – just ask him, he’ll tell you. He takes being a geek to massively huge geek levels – like level twelve. That’s pretty high. Mostly, he’s an introvert pretending to be an extrovert and so far, he’s fooling everybody. Wine helps.

He loves lying around and planning his next activities, such as yard work, house repairs, cleaning, cooking, etc. He plans a lot, but never really completes it. But planning is everything. He does complete novels though, and that surprises most people. They say “YOU wrote a book?”

Donald lives with his wife Marilyn, son James, daughter Katherine, and dog Woody, in Ottawa, Canada. Yup, he’s Canadian. Respect.

Connect with Donald D. Allan:

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EMAIL: donalddallan@gmail.com

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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, describing it as a great debut fantasy novel with a unique premise, and one customer notes it engages readers from the first few pages.

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"...What Donald has created in this new novel is a story of indeterminate time in which he offers his own view of the Druids, particularly in the..." Read more

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  • Necdoo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Will Arbor and the return of the druids
    Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018
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    William Arbor is a very interesting character. The book starts off with him at knife point. The suspense and action continue from there. It has magic and intrigue. The book travels back and forth in time. Thankfully, the chapters start with a date so we don't have to try and guess while reading it. Will is a druid. Will is coming into his powers. His friends must suspect what he is because one of them does some research on his abilities. He seems to be a natural healer and very good at making medicines. I enjoyed the book and have already bought book 2. The characters are interesting. The story carried me along and I looked forward to turning the page to see what would happen next.
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  • Grady Harp
    4.0 out of 5 stars An introduction to a mysterious cult of history; the Druids
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2015
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    Canadian author Donald D. Allan was born in Ottawa to Scottish immigrants. Though he offers very little biographical material either connected with this book or on his website, we do catch a glimpse of the character we are about to meet in his self description as `a geek and a mild nerd who finds solace in all things science and science fiction/fantasy. He prefers the written word over pretty much every other kind of entertainment or media source - his escape from the harsh realities of life and reading lets him explore all the worlds that can be imagined.' He is living at the present in Virginia with his family but plans to return to Canada soon. He is a novelist of fantast, science fiction and urban fantasy. DUILLEOG is his debut novel.

    Donald's subject matter for this series of books is the Druids, and for those who need memory jogging the following is offered: A druid was a member of the educated, professional class among the Celtic peoples of Gaul, Britain, Ireland, and possibly elsewhere during the Iron Age. The druid class included law-speakers, poets and doctors, among other learned professions, although the best known among the druids were the religious leaders. Very little is known about the ancient druids. They left no written accounts of themselves, and the only evidence is a few descriptions left by Greek, Roman, and various scattered authors and artists, as well as stories created by later medieval Irish writers. While archaeological evidence has been uncovered pertaining to the religious practices of the Iron Age people, "not one single artifact or image has been unearthed that can undoubtedly be connected with the ancient Druids." Various recurring themes emerge in a number of the Greco-Roman accounts of the druids, including that they performed animal and even human sacrifice, believed in a form of reincarnation, and held a high position in Gaulish society. Next to nothing is known for certain about their cultic practice, except for the ritual of oak and mistletoe, their doctrine of the immortality of the soul and reincarnation or metempsychosis - the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body.
    What Donald has created in this new novel is a story of indeterminate time in which he offers his own view of the Druids, particularly in the character of on Will Arbor. In his synopsis he states, `The young man, Will Arbor, the last of a long line of druids, discovers his miraculous healing powers and begins a journey of self-discovery to reclaim his past. Visit a world where the balance of the land is in complete disarray with the Archbishop of the Church of the New Order seeking to eradicate the druids and regain his mastery over the Realm of Turgany, and the Protector of the Realm conducting horrific acts to insure that his authority is maintained. They will all set into motion events that will affect the lives of everyone. Share in Will's joy at discovering the beauty of nature and experience the horrors that only the greed of power and wealth can unleash, exploring a world where magic is forgotten and the druids who once gave balance to the world are long gone. DUILLEOG captures the joy of a journey to discover truths and the strength of one young man to change the world.'

    Will Arbor is a fascinating character Donald has created and on that obviously will maintain the readers' interest through this series of very strange details about the druids. `As the magistrate for Jaipers, when I had first entered the town, Comlin had approached me wanting to know where I was from, how long I was staying in the area, and later, once I had traded my wares, where I had learned to gather herbs. He always wanted to know everything he could about me. And I had told him the truth - well, mostly. I hid from him the painful truths - stuff he hadn't needed to know. I wasn't going to open my past up to anyone. I had promised my mother to stay hidden and safe and I hadn't broken that vow.' Will gathers herbs with his magic sickle for concoctions of healing and magic and his interaction with the strange period of time in which he lives Donald brings springingly to life.

    For a debut novel this is a fine start. It would be helpful to offer the reader a bit more background history and spend a bit more time in the scant conversations, allowing the reader to understand, place, time, and characterizations. But this is Book 1 - and there is time for that. Grady Harp, June 15
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  • Ivan M Harris
    5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting opening to a new series
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2020
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    Interesting character development. I look forward to reading the other books in the series/
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  • Chelscey
    3.0 out of 5 stars An interest promise for a strong fantasy world - 3.25 stars
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017
    “Duilleog” dives right in to a story that's about to take flight, tossing the reader into a first person point of view from the young Will Arbor’s eyes, just as he’s about to have his throat cut. Yeah, I know, a crazy start right out of the gates! I was immediately intrigued by this as, what is usually customary for the first books in a new series where a great deal of world building needs to be established, there’s a bit more of an explanation of where we are as the reader, and what’s going on. Not so in Allan’s tale where we follow Will (mostly) on an accidental journey of self-discovery that promises to upend the entire (newly) established order of a tyrannical and wealth hungry ruler, and a blood thirsty church determined that no other way of thinking or belief should be allowed to flourish. Unfortunately, that’s all this first book is, a promise.

    It’s an intriguing concept, it’s not often that fantasy writers hearken back to the time of druids for their inspiration, so I really enjoyed that and think that the story has great potential for longevity given it’s unique premise and the nature based magic system that Allan has created. I was never confused by how the druid's powers worked, though I would have liked to know more about how a druid is “made” so to speak, as not everyone can be a druid, and sometimes those who do have the connection to Gaea that would allow them to use nature in this fantastic way, believe they are hearing an evil “god” entity and therefore use their powers for selfish, and murderous, reasons. So while I enjoyed being plopped into the story amidst the action, it soon became apparent that, while Allan may know his world down to a fine art if the glossary at the back of the book is to be believed, the reader was not going to get that. We would bumble alongside Will as this whole new world of druids and conspiracies is opened up to him.

    I might have been fine with that except for the split about half way through, where suddenly we are no longer experiencing the story through a first person narrative told by Will, but a third person narrative from the various men (for they are all men, there was a suspicious lack of women in this book…) who sparked the conspiracy, who were around for the rebellion, and a bit from the mad king prior that started it all. A good 40% of the book became a flashback that I found rather jarring and confusing given its placement within the story, though I will say I think Allan is much stronger writing in the 3rd person than the 1st. It is here that we see the magnitude of Will’s quest, and even more promises are made of what is to come based on what has already passed.

    Then we are thrust back to the present in 1st person with Will once more, who is still ignorant of everything the reader now knows, leaving Will in the path of a bunch of trouble that he is oblivious towards, but the reader can see coming from a mile away. Perhaps if the structure had been a bit different, where the long stretch of a flashback had been interspersed in small chapters throughout Will’s story to make the timeline more streamlined and add a bit of suspense back into the book after that tense first moment, it would have left me feeling a bit less frustrated and make the characters (outside of Will) that are introduced feel more real. As it is, these other characters don’t feel grounded to Will or the world at large as their motivations for doing, well, anything makes very little sense. In my opinion, I think giving the reader a bit more world building outside of those flashbacks would have gone a long way towards character development (I still don’t get the Lord Protector’s motivations for being a tyrant to be honest).

    The book is not very action packed, so know that going in, and while that wasn’t bad, it does make the book a bit slower to get through. But honestly, with how the switch from 1st to the 3rd person narrative was used and how it muddled the world building, the confusing motivations of the druids and the church plus the rulers of this land, I have a hard time loving this story. I know where it’s going, and it looks like its heading towards something really fun and epic, but I could never get immersed in the book. It’s not a bad story in the slightest, and if you like more of the steady fantasy books that don’t have a lot of fighting or that kind of action (but there is bad language), then I think you’ll enjoy it far more. But personally, while this book isn’t really a 3 star, it’s not a 4 star either, so 3.25 it is, and thanks to the author for providing me with a copy for review!
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  • Keith Jahans
    4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read which has a touch of J R R Tolkien about it
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2019
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    A well told tale which kept me reading right to the end. By "the end" here I mean the end of the first book in a series as there is clearly more to read in future volumes. I am not sure that the structure, particularly the changing points of view, really works but it is such a fascinating tale this is just a minor point.

    The story starts in the first person with Will who has been living in the wild and has special healing powers. He survives a murderous attack and discovers a gold coin which enhances his powers enabling him to help the people of a nearby village survive a disease. In doing so he realises that there is more about his past than he first thought so he begins a journey to the country's capital to find out more.

    The narrative shifts to the third person to describe events surrounding a civil war which occurred in the capital. Here there is more telling about what happened rather than showing the events themselves. Some fascinating villains emerge and they look like they will play an important part later in the story.

    The end of this part of the narrative shifts back to Will and is again told in the first person. The story is ambitious in its scope. I personally would be happier if it was condensed into one book but there are fans of the genre who like this form of saga, which has a flavour of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings about it, and I am sure that such readers would love this story and want to read on.
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  • Jill Harvey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on September 4, 2015
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    A wonderful, fast paced fantasy with great characters. I hope the next book comes out soon because I'm hooked!
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  • Insubson
    3.0 out of 5 stars Great but had to skip a buch.
    Reviewed in Australia on October 12, 2017
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    Great book. I wanted to rate higher however the last half of the book was a load of waffle about churches and abstract political theatres.

    The main character and the adventure is brilliant. What i like that section of the book is that the reader is very present with the main character. Such a contrast to the other half.
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