{"product_id":"9781804951620","title":"The Bright Sword","description":"Author: Grossman, Lev\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804951620\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 688\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty and compulsive reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium, from the No. 1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book of the year for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, \u003c\/i\u003eBookBub\u003ci\u003e, BookRiot and more!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you'll love \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword\u003c\/i\u003e . . . the creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e has woven another spell.'\u003cb\u003eGEORGE R. R. MARTIN, author of \u003ci\u003eA Game of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Made me love fantasy again . . . For pretty much everyone, \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read' \u003cb\u003ePASTE MAGAZINE, Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best fantasy of the year.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For anyone who's ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.' \u003cb\u003eREBECCA YARROS, author of Fourth Wing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he's too late- the king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe survivors aren't the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They're the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur's fool, who was knighted as a joke. They're joined by Nimue, who was Merlin's apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill.\u003cbr\u003eIt's up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut first they'll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about imperfect men and women who are looking for a way to fight darkness and reforge a broken land\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46726984630430,"sku":"UBD-9781804951620","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781804951620.jpg?v=1776491069","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781804951620","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}