{"product_id":"9780735224049","title":"The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER• A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year (So Far)• A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice• The #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grossman, who is best known for his The Magicians series, is at the top of his game with \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A thrilling new take on Arthurian legend. . . . Marvelous.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword\u003c\/i\u003e, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who don’t often get as much story time as they deserve. The creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e has woven another spell.” —George R. R. Martin, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Game of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place at the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. King Arthur 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 hero's of legend 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\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it'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 return, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again—but first they'll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Sword \u003c\/i\u003eis steeped in tradition, complete with duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It's also a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, trying to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917957972208,"sku":"9780735224049","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780735224049_p0.jpg?v=1763627072","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780735224049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}