Arthurian Literature

Ein spannendes, episches Fantasy-Abenteuer in der Welt des Brettspiels "Legend of the Five Rings". Zwei rivalisierende Clans tun sich zusammen, um einem tödlichen, übernatürlichen Geheimnis auf den Grund zu gehen. In der isolierten Siedlung Seibo Mura des Drachenclans ist Chaos ausgebrochen. Während des Vollmonds wüten furchterregende Kreaturen durch das Dorf und sorgen für Zerstörung und Tod. Als der Drachensamurai Agasha no Isao Ryōtora losgeschickt wird, um der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen, sieht er sich noch größeren Gefahren entgegen, als er erwartet hatte.

Burg Morgenschein verteidigt die Berge zwischen dem Reich Rokugan und den von Dämonen heimgesuchten Schattenlanden. Als eine mythische Stadt entdeckt wird, sieht Hida Haru, der als schwere Enttäuschung seiner Familie gilt, die Chance gekommen, sich zu beweisen. Seine überstürzte Expedition endet in einer Katastrophe - nur ein Samurai kehrt lebend zurück, und Haru ist verschollen. Um einen Machtkampf zu verhindern, wird die kampferprobte Befehlshaberin von Morgenschein ausgesandt, um Haru zu retten. Sie vermag den übernatürlichen Schrecken zu trotzen, doch Haru ist ... verändert.

The House of Arthur, the Red Dragon, is championed by the great king’s grandson, young Prince Stephen, and his love, the beautiful Lady Gabriella. The House of Saxnôt, the White Dragon, supremely dominates Britannia, ruled by an ancient pagan aristocracy, the avowed enemies of King Arthur’s heirs.

Ethan and his companions are recovering from the Tomb of Pendragon, but a new adventure calls. They have found an ancient journal belonging to the legendary wizard, Merlin, and it has directions to the ancient city. But dangers lurk on the road to Camelot, and possibly in Camelot itself. Before they know it, Ethan and his friends are swept into an adventure that may unveil untold secrets - or release untold evil.

Ethan and his companions have returned to Hawkshead, but all is not well. Something is scaring away the animals in the area and wreaking havoc on the village’s food supply. The villagers call on Ethan and his friends to find the problem and deal with it. All clues lead the group to the old abandoned mine and the tomb which the former mayor uncovered. What sort of magic or monster could scare away the animals, and what traps may still lurk in the tomb's darkness?

Includes the stories King Maker, Iron Born, Ungodly, Strange Ties, Soul-Bender, and Eclipse.

Still having questions about the new world he's been dropped into, Ethan has more pressing concerns figuring out who or what is killing the wizards. Unfortunately, the only source of those answers seems to be the members-only library of the Order of the Scroll. Of course, he can join and read all the books he wants - but there's a catch. The custodians of the library first want him to retrieve some lost tomes from an abandoned library in a ruined city. Seems simple, right? Not a chance. Did they forget to mention that no one who's entered the library has ever returned?

If you think it's all good deeds and stuffy politeness over at Camelot, you're wrong! Most people don't know this, but things are pretty bad right now. King Arthur's in jail, Merlin's gone missing, and there's a cruel demon in charge. Seriously! Now it's up to young Leonard, a page to a poor but kind knight, to set things right - even if that means going on a dangerous quest, outsmarting hungry monsters, or risking his life to make friends with a bunch of grumpy dragons.

As pressure mounts to find the Tibran witch, Devana, Thatcher, and his companions struggle to regroup after discovering Phillip’s bitter betrayal. Forced into hiding while they await a new plan of attack from Prince Judan's network of spies, tensions rise and threaten to tear their company apart. Murdoc knows every second they linger risks another attack from the vicious Ulfrangar Assassins or Phillip, but Reigh is determined to stay and await new instructions.

The adventures, romances, and intrigues of King Arthur, Princess Vivien, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Morgana Le Fay, and Prince Mordred continue in this second book of A Tetralogy of Tales, a new vision of timeless legends as they have never been told before, in beauty and authentic complexity. His Majesty and the Prince of Lothian is wondrously "what might have been". Narrated by the incomparable Michael Troughton.

Arthur Pendragon, the once and future king, has pursued his political career all the way to the White House. Then tragedy strikes, in the form of an assassination attempt that leaves his wife Gwen at death's door. To save her, Arthur must once again seek the Holy Grail, the Cup whose magical powers can heal her body and soul.... And as Arthur knows from experience, grail-hunting can be a very dangerous occupation.

King Henry is dead; Richard the Lionheart now rules England. The new king does not believe in magic, and is interested only in a crusade to recapture Jerusalem. But his crusade soon stalls, and while he is away, his brother, John, and his supposed ally, Philip of France, are conspiring to steal his kingdom. Richard's mother, Queen Eleanor, sends Sir Durwin, Enchanter General of England, out to Palestine, where he must convince the skeptical king that a loyal magician can be a valuable aide. Meanwhile, King Philip has turned all of Europe into a trap for Richard.

Tessa didn't believe in magic, but magic believed in her, and that started a fight for her life. The ancient artifact known as the Maelstrom stone has embedded itself in her left palm. It thrives on chaos, which describes her new life perfectly. She battles to find a balance between the ordinary world and the magical one, all while freeing her father from his ghostly state, helping a phoenix wizard restore his rejuvenation ritual, and retrieving the stolen Eye of Nimora for the Broadstone clan.

Do not wander in cursed lands alone...Una wants only one thing, to find and kill the dragon that drove her out of her childhood home in the heart of Arthurian Britain. When a handsome knight frees her from captivity, she learns that she is not the only one who wants the beast dead. The knight is Sir George, a messenger of the Faerie Queen and the man assigned to kill the dragon that still haunts her home. But the road to get there contains new dangers, long shut out from this world...until now.

The legions of Rome were in full withdraw, fighting as they went, surrounded by enemies in a multi-front war that was proving too costly for the empire to sustain. Briton, the last land conquered, became the first land abandoned, and would be left to fend for itself against the ever-encroaching barbarian hoards of Picti, Saecsons, and Hybernians - all eager to fill the vacuum that Rome left behind.

For 30 years, Elaina has sat in her tower, fingers caught in an eternal dance, cursed to weave the tapestry of life on her loom. Bound by an enchanted mirror whose magic shows her the distant lives of the people of Camelot, she must forever watch a land which remains ever beyond her reach. Elaina despairs that she will ever experience more than just the shadows of life, until one day, a face appears in the mirror that will change her life, and possibly her fate, forever.

Gegenwart und Vergangenheit (oder Zukunft) verknüpfen sich auf brillante Weise in diesen Geschichten. Der Mythos von Tristan und Isolde wird neu erzählt - aus der Sicht zweier Nebenfiguren, nämlich der von Morholt, dem von Tristan besiegten Ritter, und Branwen (Brangäne), Isoldes Dienerin, die den beiden den Liebestrank reichte.

Renowned for his skill at slaying giants and beasts, Sir Gawain's greatest struggle was with his own overabundance of pride. Thus when a mystical Green Knight manipulates him into a duel that threatens the fate of the entire kingdom, Sir Gawain undertakes a journey into strange lands with dark creatures and bewildering magic. Yet with his faithful steed, Ringolet, and the assistance of some strange new friends and lovers, Gawain charges into battle to test everything he knows of pride, honor, and redemption.

After Aunt Avril comes to Star Valley in pursuit of a supernatural killer, people begin disappearing, and the lives of those McKayla holds most dear are threatened. When the janitor reveals that an ancient curse, known as a geis, has awakened deadly powers that defy explanation, McKayla is forced to come to terms with what is real and what is fantasy.

As the kingdom of Camelot descends into complacency, an ambitiously sadistic madman known as Merodach advances his rogue armies, recruiting by the sword and threatening revolt. Eighteen-year-old Princess Gabriella is the only one who understands the severity of the threat, but she is powerless to convince her father or her brave commoner husband, Darrick. With defeat all but certain, Gabriella sets out on a final, desperate quest. Her plan: to confront and defeat the madman, Merodach, before his armies can destroy everything she loves.