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The Deer's Cry

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

Kennealy-Morrison, Patricia. The Deer’s Cry. Harper Prism. New York, New York. 1998.

The Deer’s Cry is truly an epic book. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison paints a beautiful tale that will tears of joy, and sadness, to readers. If you thought that no book could have outmatched her previous novel, Black Mantle, you would be wrong.

The Deer’s Cry is a book about Mustachio O'Flanagan, Master of the Keltiad. He is a hero so manly and so brash, that he holds his sword by the blade. Unfortunately this leaves his hands horribly maimed, but it is a small price to pay considering how manly it makes him look.

Mustachio is constantly trying to prove himself, so when the King offers a bounty on the head of the Great Deer for eating all of his carrots, Mustachio leaps at the chance.

Mustachio and his wolf uncle, Angus Lumberjack, race off into the enormous forests of the Keltiad. After three days of travel, they encounter a maiden in distress. She is Blondie Reddress, the most beautiful women in all of the Keltiad. Her shoes have been eaten by a bear, she also has serious flesh wounds, but the big problem was the shoes.

Mustachio has no choice but to take her along with him. They travel for years in the Very Dark Forest. Eventually Mustachio must legally change his name to Beardicus because, after years without shaving, the name Mustachio had become vastly inappropriate. The Great Deer is found in a massive oasis, and he is crying his poor little heart out.

The Deer’s Cry is probably the most poetically beautiful novel of the 21st century. It combines heart thumping action and spine prickling mystery. Readers will thoroughly enjoy this book

5 out of 5

Contributed by C. Mullenneaux

April 23, 2013