Arthur
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  • Published: 6 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529918120
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $50.00

Arthur

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3 Jun 2025
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6 Jun 2024
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6 Jun 2024
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The author of the Sunday Times bestselling Lancelot brings his acclaimed re-imagining of Britain's most iconic legend to a thrilling close with the story of the warrior and warlord at its heart . . . Arthur, the Never King.

Years have passed since the clash of shieldwalls echoed across the land. The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur - 'In our darkest time, when we need him most, shall he come again.'

Yet old Beran has no love of bards' songs. Nor of people, unless they are paying him to steal or kill. He is a mercenary, in the employ of the cutthroat Nabor ap Nabor, and he has been ordered to murder a boy fleeing a burning city. No ordinary boy either. No, this boy is the son of King Constantine and the grandson of High King Ambrosius. And he could be the hope of Britain . . . if he lives.

Betraying his companions and returning to a world he thought he had left forever, Beran gives his word that he will take the boy to the one place that still holds out against the Saxons: Camelot.

Crossing a hostile land, they will meet the runaway lovers, Tristan and Isolde. They will seek the help of Guivret, called the Little King, and the Saracen, Palamedes, who once rode beneath Arthur's banner.

Hunted by Saxons, Nabor ap Nabor, and Queen Morgana, this unlikely band must fight for their lives and for each other. For if there's to be any hope for Britain, Beran must deliver the boy to Camelot. But to do that, he must also face his own past . . .
  • Published: 6 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529918120
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $50.00
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About the author

Giles Kristian

Family history (he is half Norwegian) and a passion for the fiction of Bernard Cornwell inspired GILES KRISTIAN to write. Set in the Viking world, his bestselling ‘Raven’ and ‘The Rise of Sigurd’ trilogies have been acclaimed by his peers, reviewers and readers alike. In The Bleeding Land and Brothers’ Fury, he tells the story of a family torn apart by the English Civil War. He also co-wrote Wilbur Smith’s No.1 bestseller, Golden Lion. In his most recent novel, the Sunday Times bestseller Lancelot, Giles plunged into the rich waters of the Arthurian legend. For his next book, he continues his epic reimagining of our greatest island 'history'.
Giles Kristian lives in Leicestershire.

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Also by Giles Kristian

Where Blood Runs Cold
Lancelot
Camelot
Raven 3: Odin's Wolves
The Bleeding Land
Wings of the Storm
Winter's Fire
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Praise for Arthur

The best re-telling of Arthur's legend I've read . . . Giles brings Dark Age Britain to life in a way no one else could. He touches all your senses, from the sight of a rook in flight to the smell of Britain's rich earth. Every bird, tree, landmark or hilltop painted in vivid colour for the reader as they travel through the Dark Isles in the midst of legends of old . . . bloody and glorious, and very well done.

ADAM LOFTHOUSE, author of Ravensworn

For me, Arthur is Kristian’s crowning achievement. Taken together, his trilogy will surely stand in a high place of honour among the many great retellings of the legend of Arthur.

THEODORE BRUN, author of The Wanderer Chronicles

Shines out like a beacon . . . the characters scarred and ravaged by time, it pulls no punches in its depiction of the dark ages, these were brutal and hard times . . . the ending is sublime . . . full of heart and emotion . . . had me spellbound throughout.

AMWBOOKS

Every now and then, a book comes along that stands head and shoulders above the rest . . . it is perfection. If there is only one book you read this year, make sure it is Arthur by Giles Kristian.

Sharon Bennett Connolly, HISTORY...THE INTERESTING BITS!

A tale elegantly and expertly told; Kristian's novels are the modern exemplar of the Arthurian mythos.

RICHARD SWAN , author of the 'Empire of the Wolf' trilogy

Superb . . . authentic and terrifying . . . fans of Bernard Cornwell’s Winter King trilogy will devour this and conclude that Kristian has surpassed the Master.

Antonia Senior, THE TIMES

Absorbing and gripping . . . Arthur is a moving, atmospheric, and enthralling experience that culminates the Arthurian Tales in the best possible manner.

GRIMDARK

Kristian once again breathes new life into these well-loved retellings. There’s a beautiful undercurrent of loss and longing for times gone by . . . Kristian has always had a fantastic way of painting England’s landscape, its nature and its beauty in such vivid ways and Arthur is no different . . . utterly gripping . . . by the end of this tale Kristian does an incredible job of pulling all three books of this trilogy together.

Nils Shukla, FANTASY HIVE

This book was just so good . . . I felt the tension building both in the book and in myself, and that’s the best kind of thrill you can have as a reader . . . Arthur brought this emotional roller coaster ride I never saw coming to a perfect end.

QUEEN'S BOOK ASYLUM

Giles Kristian’s Arthur is brilliant . . . it is a rare gift to be able to transport readers into such an ancient and alien time and make them smell, see, hear and experience every battle, each sword thrust or step of a journey as if they were physically there. But Kristian has that gift in spades . . . an exquisitely poignant and perfect ending.

KAREN MAITLAND, author of Company of Liars

A truly excellent finale to a wonderful trilogy. Gritty and heartbreaking, this is a novel that grabs you and sweeps you along to its emotional and bittersweet ending. A must read.

JOHN GWYNNE, author of The Faithful and the Fallen

Giles Kristian is a sure hand. Great ending and a talented author.

Conn Iggulden, Daily Express