Booklog 55/2019: Paul Kane: The Red Lord – A Robin of Sherwood Novella

[jacey]

These are the characters from HTV/Goldcrest's Robin of Sherwood, created by Richard Carpenter. This story slots into the later seasons with the Jason Connery Robin, an ties in with one of the Spiteful Puppet audio adventures. Robin is given a warning by Herne the Hunter, the magical green-man type figure, sometimes a god and sometimes a man. A new enemy is about to make himself known, and Robin must face him, but only after he's lost something he holds dear. Herne's cryptic message, doesn't help much, but sure enough a being comes to the forest, able to turn men's minds to his own purpose. He's been invited by the Sheriff of Nottingham to eliminate Robin and his men, but it soon appears that the Sheriff can't control his own man. This is definitely a nostalgia read. It's just like watching an episode of Robin of Sherwood, which, for those of us of a certain age, is fondly remembered as one of the best iterations of the Robin Hood legend.