In return for a monk's aid, Arthur's illegitimate son, Mordred, narrates the story of his life and reveals that power-hungry Arthur is willing to kill his own kin to build the eternal kingdom that was foretold as his destiny.
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In this reimagining of the legends of King Arthur, a young monk becomes enthralled by the story that a wounded mysterious prisoner in his care begins to tell. That prisoner is Mordred, the traditional villain of Arthurian legend, and his story is one of ambition, power, and betrayal. "I came into this life during the Beltane Fires," he states, "and I was born to the caverns of the Lady of the Lake, and learned of life in the ancient forest of Broceliande."Mordred emerges as a heroic and romantic figure, torn between his powerful mother's desire for revenge against Arthur, his own conflicted feelings toward the father who betrayed him, and his passionate love affair with a knight in King Arthur's court. From his birth into his youth, Mordred's soul is forged by the great forces of the Arthurian world - and of the shadow-legend of a father who has sought the death of his only son.The first book in an epic series, Mordred, Bastard Son, sets the stage for a grand adventure of love, friendship, magick, war, and triumph.
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