Morrigan's Cross

Circle Trilogy, Book 1

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Standing on the cliffs of 12th-century Ireland following the disappearance of his twin, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith is visited by the goddess Morrigan and is charged with the ultimate of tasks: saving his and all future worlds.

His enemy, the beautiful but deadly vampire queen Lilith, has had over 2,000 years of experience in cruelly killing and changing humans into one of her own - including Hoyt's brother, Cian.

Now, Hoyt, a sorcerer, must travel across the world and through time to find and train the five others Morrigan has prophesized will join him as a circle and do battle against Lilith's army of vampires on Samhain in the land of Geall.

But just who is the witch, the shape-changer, the scholar, the warrior and the vampire? How will this unlikely band of six prepare and become one with less than three months until the possible end of the world?

Following the arrival of Glenna Ward - a modern day witch with a knack for making her own kind of magic, the kind that makes his heart melt - Hoyt must find the strength to save the world, and a love that knows no bounds.

Complete the circle: listen to all three books in Nora Roberts' Circle Trilogy, including Book 2, Dance of the Gods, and Book 3, Valley of Silence.

©2006 Nora Roberts (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"This well-plotted, finely detailed paranormal adventure is driven by richly developed characters, making it a cut above others in this subgenre, and among Roberts's best." ( Publishers Weekly)

love it!

this might be my favorite series so far! love the vampire aspect, gives a little more of the dark side.

Great Book

I Love Nora Robert’s books especially her trilogy books this one is awesome now I have to get the next one

Nora Robert’s always good!

I loved everything. The story was great and I didn’t mind the guy reader at all.

Drama and love

This book really hooks you in!! Nora Robert’s comes swing for the fences with this one! You can’t help but feel for all these characters

Feels Like a First Book

Morrigan’s Cross is Nora Robert’s first attempt into fantasy romance. Hoyt Mac Cionaoith lost his brother Chan to Lilith’s kiss. He accepts the challenge by the Goddess Morrigan to gather his circle of 5: the witch, the warrior, the scholar, the one of many forms, and the one he’s lost. This is to fight the big evil, ie: Lilith. Hoyt (the warrior) travels from 1128 to 2006, meeting his brother (the one he’s lost) as again who now a vampire. There he also meets Glenna (the witch). As Hoyt and Glenna train to defeat Lilith, they fall in love. Morrigan’s Cross has the banter and the romance that Nora is known for. It also feels like a first book in a series. Still, it was enjoyable.

What have you people been smoking?

This narrator makes the book even better. After listening to these via my public library I actually bought them on Audible. Each character has a different accent, a specific voice and is well performed. Far from being a bland-hum-drum-disappointingly-watered-down-version of just another paranormal romance, it stands out for me in a sea of other wanna-be's. Each book just gets better as the series progresses. I have no idea what the other reviewers are talking about and believe that either they're high or delusional. Trust me and buy-on my fellow listeners. You won't regret it.

An old favorite

I have the paperbacks of this trilogy but I haven't read them in years. It took me a while to adjust to the accent of the performer but once I did, I really enjoyed the story.

Narrator is Excellent

I’ve seen quite a few reviews that state that they did not care for the narrator. For me, the narrator made this trilogy 10000x better. Each character is distinctly narrated and the Irish dialects used provides richness to the narration.

I listen to this trilogy at least once a year. It’s one of my favorite trilogies of all time. It is classic Nora Roberts, with a grand quest, this time at the behest of the Goddess Morrigan. The six participants in this quest are from different worlds, backgrounds, and have their own specialty. This is the first book, that includes the introduction, the characters coming together, and the start of the quest.

As I mentioned, this is one of my favorites, and I highly recommend that you give it a shot.

loved the story, not crazy about performance

performance was hard to understand at times and hard to hear....loved the story, love Nora!!

loved it!

very enjoyable! this series is one of my favorites by her. the story is fun and different. the narrator changes voices for the characters so you always know whom is speaking. This was great!