Books by Zane Newitt

The Saxon conquest of the Blessed Isles has failed. The enemy without is decimated, its fighting-aged men annihilated; twenty years of peace born of the blood-bathed blade Excalibur, wielded in glory and honor by the sandy-haired Silure sovereign. The Golden Age of King Arthur. Not since David of the Hebrews and not to be again until the End of Ages is the Summer Kingdom of the Cymry. A flicker of freedom and a light of liberty in a dark world. Justice, love and equal opportunity for every individual reigns. But no good thing long endures, and all things end… The second volume of the Arthuriad continues to weave and guide us through the dark and complex journey that is the Arthurian saga from the time of Mynydd Baeden to the brink of Civil War, giving us healthy portions of Morgaine of the Faeries, Lancelot, and Taliesin, along with hints and shadows of Cups and Perfect Knights, and supposedly long dead wizard along the way.

The great Silure War King, Arthur Pendragon, and his Round Table Companions are but one epic battle from ending the Saxon Wars and at last forging an era of peace, a golden age - the Summer Kingdom. Merlin is the chief strategist and architect of the plan that will bring the ultimate victory. He is also at the center of the conflict between the Roman Church, the Church of the Britons, and the people who cling to the old gods. Merlin is Arthur's friend and mentor, and the only person who could temper the tension between Arthur and his sister, Gwyar.But Merlin is missing.Follow Merlin in his absence from the great battle and reluctant departure from his young king's side to face the confluence of great changes, great peril and sinister forces that will shape the future of Cymru, and all mankind, as at last the Mystery of Merlin is manifested.The first volume of the Arthuriad is a beautiful and often dark interweaving of political, spiritual and relational conflicts, tragedies and quests that reintroduces us to the beloved figures of Arthurian history, literature and romance.