The Bright Sword

A$28 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

A witty and compulsive reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium, from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub , BookRiot and more! 'If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love The Bright Sword . . . the creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, author of A Game of Thrones ‘Made me love fantasy again . . . For pretty much everyone, The Bright Sword is a must-read’ PASTE MAGAZINE, Book of the Year ‘The best fantasy of the year.’ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Book of the Year 'For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.’ REBECCA YARROS, author of Fourth Wing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– When gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he’s too late: the king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. I

• Binding: Hardcover

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