Sometimes, love is all the magic you need...Fearing her "gifts" will be used to defeat her sister Matilda, Elspeth Pendragon escapes the Black Mountain priory that has sheltered her and her sisters since their father's death, only to find herself indebted to, of all men, a Scotsman, whose loyalties are in question...Left to face the wrath of a new sovereign, Malcom Scott is forced to swear fealty to Stephen of Blois in order to keep the castle he won by slaying his own grandfather. But having do...
On the night of Guinevere's birth, a wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: she will be gwenhwyfar, the white shadow, destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. Years pass, and Guinevere becomes a great beauty, riding free across Northern Wales on her beloved horse. She is entranced by the tales of the valorous Arthur, a courageous warrior who seems to Guinevere no mere man, but a legend. Then she finds herself betrothed to him and, like the knights that follow him, swi...
The king is dead, murdered by a strange and horrible poison. But while the land of Delain mourns, the magician Flagg, unscrupulous, greedy and powerful, plots. Soon the king's oldest son Peter is imprisoned at the top of a high tower, the Needle, for his father's murder, while his younger brother Thomas inherits the throne. Only Peter knows the truth of his own innocence, and the truth of the evil that is Flagg. And only Peter can save Delain from the horror Flagg has in store. He has a plan, b...
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have been reborn to save the world from the clutches of Morgana while she propels our modern world into the middle ages.
Magic can shift with the wind. I’m no stranger to enemies—after centuries of living, I have made a few—but I didn’t expect my heroism at a local volcano to ruffle feathers. An enraged member of the mysterious organization Potestas is furious at my geologic meddling and determined to wreak vengeance upon me. But my foe is more than human. For the first time in my ancient life, I must confront an enemy vastly more powerful than myself. Battling high in the skies and over mountain peaks, will my...
Perceval/Parzival (Arthurian Characters and Themes, #6)
This volume in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series treats the fascinating character of Perceval, the naive and flawed but gifted youth who becomes the Grail hero in some texts and yet is eclipsed in others by Galahad. Also includes eight musical examples.
Bretonnia is a land shrouded in myth and magic, under siege from the strange creatures of its shadowy forests and those fallen to the lure of the Dark Gods. Against these fearsome foes stand the Knights of Bretonnia, calling upon their faith in the Lady and their guile with the sword to repel their legions of enemies. When young noble Calard starts upon the path to knighthood, he soon discovers the darkness hidden within his homeland and the price that must be paid by those seeking the holiest o...
Disappointed after meeting his father in Constantinople, Merlin returns home to find Britain is engaged in a bloodthirsty war against the Saxons. Spared by the king of the Britons, he begins to train other healers across the land. But the king{u2019}s untimely death puts Merlin under the grip of Uther Pendragon, an evil war leader. Uther orders Merlin to use his magical powers to help him seduce the young wife of King Gorlois. The healer is horrified by the High King{u2019}s demands but realizes...
"For many years, the people of Britain have enjoyed peace and prosperity under the reign of King Artor and the Union of Kings. Having spurned the despotism of his predecessor, Uther Pendragon, Artor has ruled with a strong sense of duty, goodness and honour. However, Artor is now weakening with age and the seeds of discontent have been sown. Seeking to cleanse the land of Christian beliefs, dissenters need a symbol with which to legitimise their pagan claim and gather malcontents together into a...
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde Novels, #1)
by Rosalind Miles
In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the sea—one of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right. Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Ireland’s great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. La Belle Isolde, like her mother, is famed for her beauty, but she is a healer instead of a warrior, “of all surgeons, the best among the isles.” A natural peacemaker, Isolde is struggling to save Ireland from a...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Three masterpieces of medieval poetry, translated by the author of The Lord of the Rings—including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the poem that inspired the major motion picture The Green Knight Comparable to the works of Chaucer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo weave a bright tapestry of stories from a remote age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests—but unlike The Canterbury Tales, the name of the poet who wrote them is lost to time. Masterfully translated...
From the author of 2020's astonishing The Story of Silence comes another retelling of a chivalric legend, full of magic, myth and self-discovery. “Utterly enchanting”Publishers Weekly Beyond the stars, two gods vie for rule of the world. One stands for Nature – the belief that everything is stamped in flesh from the start. The other, Nurture – the belief that all is potential, that the true self is coaxed out through love and living....
This fantasy novel tells the story of the quest to maintain the vital balance of light and dark and good and evil. As a new dark age looms over Roman Britain, the soul of Uther Pendragon is chained in Hell and his realm is under threat. But a man called Revelation arrives with a message of hope. The other novels by David Gemmel are "Legend", "Beyond the Gate", "Waylander", "Wolf in Shadow" and "Ghostking".
Deadly secrets. Murder and revenge. The end of the world is nye and Camelot is the last bastion of hope…Madeleine Greenbriar has returned to Earth, only to find a world on the brink of destiny. Camelot is in danger and with it, the Earth faces a terror like no other. Morgana has risen, determined to deliver revenge owed for thousands of years of suffering. Drawing the last of the Dark forces to her side, she’s amassing an army to march against the Naturals, and if they fall the Druids are next....
An ancient power. A demon horde from a parallel universe. The world is ending and the only person who can help Scarlett Ravenwood stop it is missing.Scarlett Ravenwood has done the impossible. She has awoken Arondight, but without a sword she can’t prove it. How is a broken thing like her supposed to save the world with love in her heart when no one believes her? But when the Dark launches a coordinated attack on everything the Light holds dear, the Naturals are forced to face a second cataclys...
A high school do-over. A plot to take out a whole generation of Naturals. And Scarlett Ravenwood is in the thick of it… again.Scarlett Ravenwood never though she’d end up in the centre of a supernatural apocalypse, least of all going back to high school. After tapping into the drop of Arondight she holds inside her, she knows she’s in over her head. Unable to control her Light, she’s sent to the Academy where the next generation of Naturals are being trained, but something sinister is lurking u...