The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur: [Audiobook]

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For anyone whos ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame

If you love King Arthur as much as I do, youll love Lev Grossmans The Bright Sword, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who dont often get as much story time as they deserve.The creator of The Magicians has woven another spell. George R. R. Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that hes too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.

They arent the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. Theyre the oddballs of the Round Table, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthurs fool, who was knighted as a joke. Theyre joined by Nimue, who was Merlins apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.

But Arthurs death has revealed Britains fault lines.God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthurs half-sister Morgan le Fay.Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot theyll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britains dark past.

The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It also sheds a fresh light on Arthurs Britain, a diverse, complex nation struggling to come to terms with its bloody history. The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.