He’s mocked for his name and nerdy interests at Chapel Hill High School in Portland, Oregon, and doesn’t speak enough Farsi to communicate with his Iranian relatives either. Iranian on his mother’s side and white American on his father’s side, Darius never quite fits in. When Darius’ grandfather becomes terminally ill, Darius, along with his parents and younger sister, travels to Iran for the first time in his life.
S.Darius Kellner suffers from depression, bullying by high school jocks, and a father who seems to always be disappointed in him. Dido Twite, the protagonist of the novel.But this Arthur is not at all pleased at the monstrosity his ancient spouse has become. It then transpires that Holystone is an incarnation of Arthur, who for a thousand years had lain in suspended animation on an island in the missing lake. Unfortunately, she has attained immortality by cannibalistic vampirism, murdering and consuming local maidens. It seems that she is the same immortal Ginevra, or Guinevere, of myth and has waited centuries for the return of her king, Arthur. Travelling to Bath, the capital city, the crew learn that Ginevra wants them to help her recover a lake, which she claims has been stolen by New Cumbria's neighbour, Lyonesse. Bound by ancient treaties between Britain and New Cumbria, they are given orders to assist Ginevra, the Queen. The ship changes course, landing on the coast of New Cumbria. En route, she befriends the ship's open-minded steward, Holystone. PlotĪfter her adventures in Nightbirds on Nantucket, Dido Twite is travelling back to England on the naval vessel HMS Thrush.
In this world, part of South America is occupied by Ancient British (Celtic) colonists following an invasion hundreds of years before. The novel is, according to the internal chronology of the novels, the fourth in the Wolves Chronicles, a series of books set during the fictional 19th century reign of King James III. Taking place in an alternate history, the story follows the adventures of Dido Twite in a fictionalized version of South America. The Stolen Lake is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1981.
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