The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur

"This eminently worthy successor to The Magicians series explores what happens after the death of King Arthur fractures the Round Table through the eyes of Collum, a bastard backwater nobody with dreams of knighthood. Joining up with Camelot’s castoffs, including second-tier knights and enchantress Nimue, he confers with queens and duels dark fairies in a bloody and disillusioning battle of succession as they seek “a new sword, a new stone.” This tome is sweepingly epic yet accessible, transforming legends back into flesh-and-blood creatures. Most of all, it allows us to relate to Collum’s gleeful awareness that he is inhabiting an epic narrative in the making – as well as his grim acceptance that this adventure would have been impossible in the old Camelot."