psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (09/19/85)
THE BLACK CAULDRON is the second book in the series. As I understand
it, the movie (which I didn't see) takes most of its story, and all of
its characters, from the first book. In the book, Prince Gwydion
gathers bold men from all Prydain to Caer Dallben, where he plans a raid
to the outskirts of the Land of the Dead, Annunvin, Arawn's domain.
Taran is not an innocent boy, thrust into adventure. He is a (not very)
experienced, (very) young man, picked for a dangerous task. He learns
that the fate of heroes is not always to win, or even to die honorably.
The task his band is set out on quickly becomes impossible, and they
stumble onto a new quest, bolder and far more treacherous.
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-Paul S. R. Chisholm The above opinions are my own,
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