{"product_id":"mordred-bastard-son-douglas-clegg-9781944668099","title":"Mordred, Bastard Son","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eI was born during the fires of Beltane. My mother was called the Witch-Queen and my father, Arthur, King of the Britons.\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes a spellbinding novel of Arthurian historical fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConceived in violence, born of royalty, and raised in exile, \u003c\/strong\u003e Mordred grows to manhood torn between his powerful mother's desire for revenge, his own conflicted feelings towards the father who betrayed him, and his passionate coming of age into first love with one of the greatest knights of Camelot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews of \u003cem\u003eMordred, Bastard Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Starred Review* \"Riveting...Clegg puts an inspired wrinkle in the hoary tale of Arthur and the grail by casting Arthur's kindred enemy, Mordred, as a gay man. An injured stranger in a cloak and odd, paganish mask, is captured and held in a monastery, igniting wild speculation among the locals, who believe him a notorious traitor. And so he is. He is Mordred, the bastard son of Arthur Pendragon and his half sister, the witch-queen Morgan Le Fay, and he now awaits trial for murder and treason...How excellent.\" - \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Douglas Clegg's stunning Mordred, Bastard Son will inspire and refresh...\" - Michael Rowe, \u003cem\u003eAdvocate Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clegg (The Priest of Blood) maintains a nice balance between the human and mythic dimensions of his characters, portraying the familiar elements of their story from refreshingly original angles.\" - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well-crafted. Written in lyrical prose with colorful characters and historical depth. Lovers of both history and fantasy will discover...an enchanting read.\" - \u003cem\u003eEdge Boston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clegg beautifully skewers the Arthurian legends, weaving a compelling story, single-handedly reinventing Mordred's sexuality. He is no longer the betrayer of Arthur, the knight Lancelot, and Guinevere, Queen of the Britons; he is now the seductive and passionate hero, a lover of men given the almost insurmountable task of finding the cauldron of rebirth...\" - Michael Leonard, \u003cem\u003eCurled Up with a Good Book Blog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...Magic-true magic that really works-takes center stage in...Mordred, Bastard Son...a refreshing return to the myth and magic of the legends...Clegg's approach recalls Sir Thomas Mallory, Chr tien de Troyes, and even Edmund Spenser at times; his setting is never made temporally explicit but rather melds Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and high medieval British elements.\" - \u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover Douglas Clegg's fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLights Out Neverland The Children's Hour The Halloween Man You Come When I Call You The Hour Before Dark Nightmare House MischiefThe InfiniteThe AbandonedIsisThe NecromancerGoat Dance Breeder Afterlife Purity Dark of the Eye The Words Wild ThingsBad Karma Red Angel Night Cage Naomi The Nightmare Chronicles The Attraction Night Asylum The Priest of Blood The Lady of Serpents The Queen of Wolves Dinner with the Cannibal SistersMordred, Bastard Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Clegg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944668098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944668099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alkemara Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.74d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas Clegg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994358055167,"sku":"9781944668099","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_709dc58c-216e-4395-886f-5b42a9676b07.jpg?v=1683329669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mordred-bastard-son-douglas-clegg-9781944668099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}