Here Lies Arthur
(eBook)

A brilliantly inventive re-creation of the King Arthur tale by master storyteller Philip Reeve. Welcome to the dark side of Camelot.Gwynna is just a girl who is forced to run when her village is attacked and burns to the ground. To her horror, she is discovered, but it is Myrddin the bard, a traveler and spinner of tales, who has found her. He agrees to protect Gwynna if she will agree to be bound in service to him. Gwynna is frightened but intrigued, for this Myrddin serves the young, rough, and powerful Arthur. In the course of their travels, Myrddin transforms Gwynna into the mysterious Lady of the Lake, a boy warrior, and a spy. It is part of a plot to transform Arthur from the leader of a ragtag war-band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time. If Gwynna and Myrrdin's trickery is discovered, what will become of Gwynna? Worse, what will become of Arthur? Only the endless battling, the mighty belief of men, and the sheer cunning of one remarkable girl will tell. Praise for HERE LIES ARTHUR:*"Powerfully inventive . . . Arthurian lore has inspired many novels for young people, but few as arresting or compelling as this one."--Booklist, starred review*"A multilayered tour de force for mature young readers."--School Library Journal, starred review*"Reeve's brilliant, brutal re-creation of Arthurian myth is a study in balance and contradiction: it is bleak yet tender; impeccably historical, yet distinctly timely in its driving sense of disillusionment."--Horn Book Review, starred review*"Absorbing, thought-provoking and unexpectedly timely."--Kirkus, starred review Philip Reeve is the bestselling author of the Mortal Engines quartet, which is now a major motion picture, and the award-winning Fever Crumb series. His other books include the highly acclaimed Here Lies Arthur and No Such Thing As Dragons. He lives in England with his wife and son. Visit him online at philip-reeve.com. Praise for HERE LIES ARTHUR:*"Powerfully inventive . . . Arthurian lore has inspired many novels for young people, but few as arresting or compelling as this one."--Booklist, starred review*"A multilayered tour de force for mature young readers."--School Library Journal, starred review*"Reeve's brilliant, brutal re-creation of Arthurian myth is a study in balance and contradiction: it is bleak yet tender; impeccably historical, yet distinctly timely in its driving sense of disillusionment."--Horn Book Review, starred review*"Absorbing, thought-provoking and unexpectedly timely."--Kirkus, starred review