title: Lucius And the Storm
author:  Kent Knowles 
description: Following in the footsteps of Beowulf and Gilgamesh, our hero Lucius stands against the monstrous black cloud that threatens to ruin the rest of summer vacation. This epic struggle sees our hero fall beaten into a puddle only to rise and, with the aid of the flame in the tall Smoking Stack, conquer the cloud. Children will revel in this epic tale that turns the ordinary into the fantastic. As in the lays of old, the tale is told in rhyme offering children the satisfaction of heroic victory. --ChildrensPictureBook.info (May 2007)
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  ##### ENEMIES
  
  
  
  
  
  “You may call me Lucius.”
  
  
  
  
  
  _Lucius._ It fit him. A bold name, but not a rough one. Rhiannon was drawn to
  the sound of it in spite of a fierce wish to snap the thread of fate that
  joined her soul to his. She shifted backward on the bed, away from him. No
  matter what he was called, no matter what connection his kinsman’s blood had
  forged between them, he was her enemy.
  
  
  
  
  
  The heat in his gaze told Rhiannon that he desired her and the knowledge of it
  filled her with dread. Her captor was above all a man, and like all men, he
  would take what he wanted. But she would not yield easily.
  
  
  
  
  
  She kept her expression neutral. “How is your arse, _Lucius,_ where it was
  struck by my arrow?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [_Dedication_](Celtic%20Fire_split_3.html#dedication)  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](Celtic%20Fire_split_4.html#prologue)  
  
  
  [Chapter One](Celtic%20Fire_split_5.html#chapter_1)  
  
  
  [Chapter Two](Celtic%20Fire_spli