Song of Albion, Book Two: The Silver Hand

Stephen R. Lawhead. Avon Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71647-0

This charming second volume in the Song of Albion series follows an exiled bard and a sojourning Oxford student as they flee a malevolent despot and build a city of refuge for the oppressed. (Oct.)

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