After he and his mother flee for their lives, a young boy goes to King Arthur for help in winning back his castle from his wicked uncle, and discovers his father is still alive.
Based on Malory's fifteenth century Morte d'Arthur, this book presents an idealized Middle Ages, a world filled with violent tests of courage, clamorous and raging battle, adventurous quests, and yearning love of knight and damsel.
Medraut, the bitter, illegitimate son of King Artos, is tempted into joining Morgause, the king's treacherous sister, in a plot against Lleu, the legitimate Prince of Britain.
After Arthur's death, Guenevere's enemies plot to seize Camelot. She is expelled from her kingdom and made a slave, yet she dreams of one day returning to her homeland.