The Bright Sword

DESCRIPTION :
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!

This Years Must-Read Novel . . . Grossmans lyrical prose has never been better
FORBES

‘If you love King Arthur as much as I do, youll 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

Resoundingly earns its place among the best of Arthurian tales . . . Grossman is at the top of his game.
NEW YORK TIMES, Book of the Year

‘For anyone whos ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.
REBECCA YARROS, author of Fourth Wing

Fans of classic fantasy and ancient magic will devour this one.
ELLE, Best books of the year

A rollicking, magical ride through Arthurian legend . . . A joyful new addition to the Arthurian canon a delight.
Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam

Not only one of the best books of the year, but one of the best Arthurian novels ever its that good.
LIT HUB, Book of the Year

‘A beautifully written, suitably weird, very human take on King Arthur that feels both modern and ancient.’
JOE ABERCROMBIE, author of The Devils

‘A breathtaking tale that honours past iterations while producing something entirely unexpected’
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

‘This is why we read fantasy.’
AVA REID, author of Lady Macbeth

Compulsively readable and expertly told . . . You wont want to leave until the tale is done.’
VICTOR LAVALLE, author of Lone Women

This is storytelling at its purest: glorious, propulsive, and dramatic
LOCUS

When gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that hes 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 arent the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. Theyre the oddballs of the Round Table, 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.
Its up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again.

But first theyll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell.

The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women who are looking for a way to fight darkness and reforge a broken land

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DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 500 g

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