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The characters have developed over the course of the book and you are left feeling satisfied with their choices in the end although some are tragic

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Some of the issues are incredibly deep and not at all what youd expect to find in a childrens book

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War breaks out in prydain modeled on medieval wales and taran the books hero returns to visit the working people he met in the previous book taran wanderer and lead them to battle

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Then the other warriors announce they are leaving prydain and sailing away to the summer country like avalon this seems to happen at the end of all english myths

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They invite taran to go with them but in a dream he is visited by the fates or the furies or the three graces recurring mythological characters which appear in earlier books and seemingly represent fate

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They remind taran in effect dont forget you owe us and he realizes he is obligated to stay and rebuild prydain and keep promises he made to the people who followed him many of whom died in the war

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Thats the end of the book

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Still it never took more than two sittings to polish off any of them