The Minotaur Trilogy Series by Thomas Burnett Swann

A delectable fantasia of the mythical past. It is the story of the last of the fabled Minotaurs, a tale of the shadowy world of Minoan Crete, of the pre-humans who found refuge there, and of wanderers who came among them....

An unforgettable fantasy of prehistory and the last minotaurThomas Burnett Swann is an altogether unique writer in the world of fantasy, for he alone has taken for his province that part of the unrecorded past which some call myth and others call memories of prehistory. Here in THE FOREST OF FOREVER dwells the last Minotaur, and here too are other lingering dwellers in the folk-whispered country where dwell the beasts that are human and the humans that are beasts... moreAn unforgettable fantasy of prehistory and the last minotaurThomas Burnett Swann is an altogether unique writer in the world of fantasy, for he alone has taken for his province that part of the unrecorded past which some call myth and others call memories of prehistory. Here in THE FOREST OF FOREVER dwells the last Minotaur, and here too are other lingering dwellers in the folk-whispered country where dwell the beasts that are human and the humans that are beasts.Unfailingly pleasant to read and consistently entertaining, demonstrating a considerable talent for imaginative invention - Lin CarterCover illustration: Brian Froud less

Lost MonstersThea watched their torch-bearing captors recede into the distance and leave them to the cave's darkness. Her brother Icarus whispered "forgive me - I wanted to come to the Country of the Beasts, not to the Cave of the Minotaur".Then they heard the soft padding of feet (or hooves?), and the curdling bellow of an enraged monster. It was the-bull-that-walks-like-a-man, a hybrid of man and beast, monstrous to the eye, and roaring with cold malevolence... moreLost MonstersThea watched their torch-bearing captors recede into the distance and leave them to the cave's darkness. Her brother Icarus whispered "forgive me - I wanted to come to the Country of the Beasts, not to the Cave of the Minotaur".Then they heard the soft padding of feet (or hooves?), and the curdling bellow of an enraged monster. It was the-bull-that-walks-like-a-man, a hybrid of man and beast, monstrous to the eye, and roaring with cold malevolence.Thea began to feel her way along the walls; their dampness oozed like blood between her fingers. She rounded a turn and looked up and up into the eyes of the Minotaur, and his red, matted hair...Cover Illustration: Brian Froud less