Thirteen-year-old Arthur Pendragon is heir to the throne & thoroughly bored of his life in London So when he's sent away to boarding school he thinks it might finally be his chance to be a bit more normal At first Arthur's life at Badon College is everything he expected it to be But when he discovers that one of his new friends has been keeping an unbelievable secret & that Cambridge is home to a secret society sworn to protect the legacy of the King Arthur of legend he quickly realises that 'normal' is entirely out of the question As Arthur Merlin & their friends are drawn into an age-old web of magic & myth they soon learn that some legends are more than just a story