Perilous Times

English language

Published April 15, 2023 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

ISBN:
9780356518527

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5 stars (1 review)

An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself—in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend.

Being reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully damn tiring over the years—or at least that's what Sir Kay's thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth, yet again.

Kay fought at Hastings, and at Waterloo, and in both World Wars. After a thousand years, he thought he was used to dealing with a crisis. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, armies have been privatized, and half of Britain’s been sold to the Chinese. The dragon that's running amok, that he can handle. The rest? He's not so sure.

Mariam's devoted her life to fighting what's wrong with her country. But she's just one ordinary person, up against …

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Perilous Times, by Thomas D. Lee

5 stars

A knight’s work is never done, even when that knight was supposed to have died centuries ago. In Perilous Times, a stunning reimagining of King Arthur‘s knights by Thomas D. Lee, the Knights of the Round Table made a pact with Merlin after Arthur’s death at the Battle of Camlann. The pact would resurrect the knights whenever the realm was in peril. Over the centuries, Sir Kay has arisen from under his oak tree near(ish) Manchester to fight in Britain’s wars. When he rises at the beginning of the novel, England is in more peril than it has ever been: from climate change, from out-of-control capitalism, and from idiots who want to summon Arthur back because they believe the myths about the once and future king...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via …