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Epigraph
Ten rings there are, and nine gold torcs…
Vortipor! Foremost in corruption, supreme in spite! A pig with…
1 Arthur is no fit king. Uther’s bastard, Merlin’s pet, he…
2 The interior of the church blazed with the light of…
3 The morning dawned raw and cold. Snow sifted sullenly from…
4 All that winter’s day and far into the night the…
5 Word came to Caer Melyn that Morcant was gathering his…
6 I had never been on a ship before, and discovered…
7 Broceliande lay two days’ ride from the coastland into the…
8 Fear came swimming out of the very air: what if…
9 I awoke to a stream of sunlight in my room.
10 With a shout of joy we all rushed to him.
11 We departed the Glass Isle the next day as we…
12 “This is insane!” Arthur spat. “I hate this, Myrddin. I…
13 Arthur brooded over the loss of Macsen’s sword. True, he…
1 I Bedwyr, a prince of Rheged, write this. My father…
2 A Saecsen camp is not a pleasant sight. They are…
3 Aelle and his carles came to our camp at dawn…
4 “Not since the Romans have ships been built in Muir…
5 We entered Yrewyn Bay at dusk and came ashore to…
6 The ala drove into the thick of it. On the…
7 Myrddin was not at Caer Edyn when we arrived. “He…
8 Three days later, at the end of our scant provisions…
9 Charis was thankful to have her son returned to her…
10 Deep in the twisted pathways of black Celyddon the barbarians…
11 “We will camp in the meadow and continue the pursuit…
12 With Cai and Bors before and Arthur behind him, Baldulf’s…
13 The Picti had swarmed Caer Alclyd and seized the old…
14 There has been a fortress at Trath Gwryd from ancient…
15 We rose before dawn and broke fast. We donned leather…
1 In the day of strife, the heathen swarms gazed across…
2 Gwenhwyvar brought with her a wedding gift: a tabled rotunda—a…
3 Queen Gwenhwyvar appeared at once more fierce than I could…
4 Four days before Lugnasadh the Pendragon returned to Caer Lial.
5 I know little of what passed at the Council of…
6 When spring came, the Emrys and I made another journey…
7 Seven bright summers passed, and seven mild winters. The Summer…
8 Four warriors lay dead in pooled blood on the floor.
9 Rhys raised the victory call, and we answered it with…
10 That night we built the fires high and lifted our…
11 “Mryddin should have returned before now. Something is wrong!”
12 A grave for Constantine; a grave for Aurelius; a grave…
False kings! Power-mad dogs dressed in purple robes! Bloody-minded…