The Advice of Dreams

A Novel of the Ancient World

David Margaretsen

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9798385204281
  9798385204298
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385204304
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

Brought to light after centuries buried in profound silence, The Advice of Dreams is the story--told here for the first time--of Tynan and the Caledonians, people unremembered by history, and their ardent struggle for life, meaning, freedom, and happiness. Amidst a violent clash of cultures, Tynan is torn from his rural life and flung into the shifting crosscurrents of his generation. Challenged by deeply ingrained personal and social barriers, caught in a maelstrom of political intrigue, swept up in a vast armed confrontation; he becomes an unlikely key in the desperate struggle for his homeland; and a broad kingdom fought over by two ancient enemies. Set in an era roiled by war, revolution, and the conflict of ideas; told in the vivid detail of a contemporary eyewitness; and rendered in remarkable imagery, The Advice of Dreams evokes a world and its people, telling a tale that will fascinate those who respond to the romance of the past. A story from a time and place long vanished, The Advice of Dreams resonates with the valor of the human spirit and speaks of those who fought for something worth fighting for.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: The High Fields
• Chapter 2: An Armed Academy
• Chapter 3: On Courtesy
• Chapter 4: The Stacks
• Chapter 5: On Running with Horses
• Chapter 6: The Rise of Spring
• Chapter 7: The Coming of Teras
• Chapter 8: Concerning the Fall of Dara
• Chapter 9: Gray Winds
• Chapter 10: Hunters’ Moon
• Chapter 11: The Mataens
• Chapter 12: All Life Is Fleeting
• Chapter 13: A Winter’s Mission
• Chapter 14: The School of Social Graces
• Chapter 15: The Lodging of the Colors