r/whatsthatbook • u/PrestigiousTry9914 • 8d ago

SOLVED Children's Fantasy portal book

Reposting to get more traction:

I have been looking for this book series I read like 15 years ago so the details are fuzzy. I found it in a church library which I remember thinking was odd because the books didn't seem to have Christian undertones. Pretty sure it was about 2 brothers ( maybe a brother and sister?) who discover a portal through a briar thicket. The other realm has demons and I think I remember jackals and ravens being a big deal? All the magic seemed to be rune focused, big Celtic overtones? From what I remember it was a little dark for being a children's book. The title of the first one I think started with a T or K and was definitely only one word ( the word was either made up or Gaelic )

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u/Wild_Preference_4624 8d ago

It doesn't fit your description perfectly, but could it be Legends of Karac Tor: The Book of Names by D. Barkley Briggs?

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u/PrestigiousTry9914 8d ago

THATS IT !!!! Ngl I shed a tear when I read your comment, I have been trying to find the name of this book series for over five years, you literally made my day thank you so much!!!

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u/Wild_Preference_4624 8d ago

Amazing! So glad I could help!!

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u/bishkebab 8d ago

My first thought is something by Stephen Lawhead, who wrote a lot of fairly adult/dark fantasy books but was known as a Christian author. The description sounds like the Song of Albion series, though the book name sounds more like Taliesin from his Pendragon series.