This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths & tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Artos here comes alive: bold & forceful in battle warm & generous in friendship tough in politics shrewd in the strategy of war
- & tender & tragically tormented in love. Out of the braiding of ancient legend fresh research soaring imagination & hypnotic narrative skill comes a novel that has richly earned its reputation as a classic.