Randy Lee Eickhoff Books In Order

Ulster Books In Order

  1. The Raid (1997)
  2. The Feast (1999)
  3. The Sorrows (2000)
  4. The Destruction of the Inn (2001)
  5. He Stands Alone (2002)
  6. The Red Branch Tales (2003)

Novels

  1. A Hand to Execute (1987)
  2. The Gombeen Man (1992)
  3. The Fourth Horseman (1998)
  4. Bowie (1998)
  5. Fallon’s Wake (2000)
  6. Return to Ithaca (2001)
  7. Then Came Christmas (2002)
  8. And Not to Yield (2004)
  9. The Quick and the Dead (2005)
  10. The Renegade (2015)
  11. The Christmas Spider (2016)
  12. Maiden Lane (2016)
  13. The Donkey That Carried Mary (2016)
  14. The Stone Place (2017)

Omnibus

  1. And Not to Yield / Bowie (2016)

Non fiction

  1. Exiled (1996)

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Randy Lee Eickhoff Books Overview

The Raid

Queen Maeve has declared war upon the province of Ulster in an effort to take possession of the Brown Bull of Cooley. Ultimately, this is an attempt to match the wealth of her husband, King Ailill of Connacht, who owns a magnificent white bull. Only Cuchulainn, a boy warrior, stands between Ulster and certain annihilation. Supported by the Morrigan, the goddess of war, he begins a reign of terror upon the Connacht warriors. In his heroic stand, the reader discovers the genesis of the determination of the Irish people, their will to stand alone against oppression.

The Feast

The Feast is a modern translation of Fled Bricrend, one of Ireland’s most thrilling and humorous legends. Three men, each striving to be named Champion of Conchobor’s realm, enter into a battle of wits and words in an effort to enjoy the privileges accorded to the national champion. As the heroic competition unfolds, visits to and from the otherworld threaten to unmask the true nature of the gathering. and at the center remains Bricriu, god of mischief and creator of the most delicious and devilish banquet the world has ever seen.

The Sorrows

The Ulster Cycle continues with The Sorrows, three stories that dramatically portray Ireland’s cultural heritage. The first, ‘The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn,’ is a tragic tale in which three brothers must pay a blood fine for murdering an enemy of their clan a reflection of the great sorrow, which is Ireland’s Civil War.’The Fate of the Children of Ir’ tells of an evil stepmother who transforms her four stepchildren into swans. After nine hundred years they are released from their fate, symbolizing the triumph of Christianity over paganism.’The Fate of the Children of Uisliu’ introduces us to Conchobor, the Red Branch King, as he forces the young yet strong willed Deidre to be his wife just as England sought to force the Irish into servitude. Filled with adventure and tragedy, The Sorrows provides another insightful look into Ireland’s past through three of her most enduring tales.

The Destruction of the Inn

Randy Lee Eickhoff continues the Celtic Ulster Cycle; following up his highly acclaimed retelling of The Three Sorrows, with The Destruction of the Inn. Part impacted myth, part heroic saga, and part literary tour de force; this is the tale of a king who dares to ignore the prophecy that foretells his fate. Conaire M r’s reign has ushered in a period of great happiness and good fortune, but his three foster brothers take advantage of his position and plunder the countryside. Conaire refuses to put them to death, however, and out of brotherly love banishes them to Scotland. Where they fall in with merciless sea pirates who raid the coasts of England and Ireland, brutally slaying all whom stands against them, until finally the three brothers come back to the land of Conaire M r. Filled with the adventure and tragedy, and told in the style that Randy Lee Eickhoff has made his own, The Destruction of the Inn is a story of Ireland’s past, and one of her most enduring tales.

He Stands Alone

Randy Lee Eickhoff, the award winning translator of the epic Ulster Cycle, continues his retelling of Ireland’s spellbinding history and folklore in He Stands Alone. For the very first time, Randy Lee Eickhoff has combined several translations of the tale of the Irish Achilles, Cuchulainn, to provide a new and searching look at the warrior whose dedication to his country became the inspiration for Irish rebels in 1916, providing them with a rallying cry heard throughout all of Ireland. Beginning with Cuchulainn’s mysterious birth, Eickhoff skillfully weaves the tale of the magical warrior; from his training with Scathach, the dreaded woman warrior, to his first encounter with the war goddess, Morigan, a story that foreshadows Cuchulainn’s heroic action the Cattle Raid of Cooley. Cuchulainn’s adventures unfold as he grows in battle to become the king’s champion, but, all the while, he struggles with his mortal side, and with human failings that inevitably draw him away from his wife, Emer, and under the spell of the mystical Fand, wife of the Irish sea god, Manannan Mac Lir. In a style that is often compared to Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney’s, Randy Lee Eickhoff demonstrates his knowledge and storytelling ability and once again introduces readers to a truly fascinating aspect of Irish mythology with He Stands Alone.

The Red Branch Tales

Randy Lee Eickhoff continues his translation of the Ulster Cycle, often referred to as the Red Branch Cycle, the large corpus of work that is primarily responsible for establishing the cultural identity of today’s Ireland. In this collection of Ireland’s famous myths, Eickhoff once again proves his mastery of translation and his ability to give these classic tales new life. Here he presents more than twenty stories that reveal ancient Irish culture as it’s seldom been seen before. All of the characters of Irish myth receive new life and are presented in vibrant and unique ways. In addition, by providing introductions to the tales, Eickhoff gives insight into the legends that formed the identity of a people. In the pre Christian era, when warriors fought from chariots, Druids provided the mystical answers to the universe, and men and women believed strongly in magic, these stories begin. Prepare to enter Randy Lee Eickhoff’s Ireland.

Bowie

Jim Bowie, the descendant of Highland Scots, grew up riding alligators and working the field on the Texas frontier. Taught three languages and a sense of honor, he went on to live a life filled with brawls and battles, loves and loses. This is his story, as told by those who, whether they loved or hated him, were united by their awe of this amazing frontiersman.

Return to Ithaca

At the height of the Vietnam War, twenty seven members of a U.S. special elite team were dropped into North Vietnam to fight alongside the Rands and Montagnards against the communist regime. Their job was to ambush troops along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, one of the most dangerous of the war. Of the twenty seven men who went in, only three made it back. One of them is Henry Morgan a modern day Odysseus struggling to find a way of returning from the Vietnam War. Now living in a monastery, he has turned his back on the world that turned its back on him. But times change and there is a need for a man like Morgan again. A man who has made his voyage. An Odysseus who can bring order to a chaotic world.

Then Came Christmas

On Thanksgiving Day, 1953 Samantha ‘Sam’ McCaslin was content with life on her family’s ranch in South Dakota. It was her birthday, and her life was just beginning. She had turned twelve and was certain that the year ahead would be special. But her world soon shatters. Sam stumbles across the body of an Indian friend who was a hired hand helping her father on the ranch. With her mother sick, Sam is determined to bring the magic of Christmas back to the family of her murdered friend. Realizing suddenly that the world outside is not the perfect place that her parents had created on the ranch, Sam makes a harrowing Christmas Eve ride to spread the joy of Christmas, even if there are those out to destroy it. Anti Indian racism and the ignorance of the world outside her own front door are brought to full light as Sam finds herself being stalked by her friend’s killer. Blending suspense with deep and poignant emotion, a young girl undergoes an epiphany that changes her life forever in a Christmas story that will remain a classic for many seasons to come.

And Not to Yield

Born James Butler Hickok, Wild Bill Hickok made his reputation as a gunslinger extraordinaire, and his legend has titillated journalists, novelists, and historians ever since. Here is the story crafted by a master novelist of this complex hero whose exploits have become part of the lore of the American frontier.

Nurtured by devout, staunchly Abolitionist parents, young Hickok quickly leaves their hardscrabble farm to homestead in Kansas. A true romantic and a Renaissance man, nourished by Greek and Arthurian legends, he effortlessly succeeds as a rancher, gambler, Union soldier, Indian fighter, lawman, baseball umpire, merchant, actor, marksman nonpareil and lusty lover of who*res, debutantes, and Libbie Custer.

But Hickok’s many talents could not bring him peace. Guided and plagued by phantoms from his past, blessed and cursed with supernatural gifts, Hickok, like his hero Ulysses, must fulfill his destiny through his travels. From bleak upstate New York to the rugged Badlands, from New York City’s Broadway to the Rockies, from the Mississippi riverboats to the Great Salt Flats, here is the compelling Odyssey of an American icon, told in Randy Lee Eickhoff’s unforgettable voice.
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The Quick and the Dead

A confessional tale of war,power,and ethics from a Vietnam veteran V ietnam, 1966. Benjamin Wingfoot is the leader of a special operations group stationed deep upcountry. He’s taken on plenty of dangerous missions, but something about his latest assignment doesn’t sit well with him. Summoned back to Saigon, ‘Wingo’ is ordered to kill a local bar girl suspected of spying for the North and make it look like the routine murder of a prostitute.

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