Perilous Times

Legends dont always live up to reality.

Being reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully tiring over the yearsor at least thats what Sir Kays thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth yet again.

Kay once rode alongside his brother, King Arthur, as a Knight of the Round Table. Since then, he has fought at Hastings and at Waterloo and in both World Wars. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, the armys been privatized, and half of Britains been sold to foreign powers. The dragon thats running amokthat he can handle. The rest? Hes not so sure.

Mariams spent her life fighting whats wrong with her country. But shes just one ordinary person, up against a hopelessly broken system. So when she meets Kay, she dares to hope that the world has finally found the savior it needs.

Yet as the two travel through this bizarre and dangerous land, they discover that a magical plot of apocalyptic proportions is underway. And Kays too busy hunting dragonsand exchanging blows with his old enemy Lancelotto figure out what to do about it.

In perilous times like these, the realm doesnt just need a knight. It needs a true leader.

Luckily, Excalibur lies within reach.

But who will be fit to wield it?

With a cast that includes Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur himselfall reimagined in joyous, wickedly subversive fashionPerilous Timesis an Arthurian retelling that looks forward as much as it looks back . . . and a rollicking, deadpan-funny, surprisingly touching fantasy adventure.

Hardcover, May 23rd 2023