The Flower of Chivalry: King Arthur’s childhood

A land without a king. 
A sword within a stone. 
A boy… named Arthur.

No one knows who Arthur is—least of all himself. All his parents know is that they are to raise him as their own, and never let on to him that he is not their child. All his brother Kay knows is that Arthur just seems to be better at everything, and better liked by everyone. All Arthur knows is that he doesn’t look or act like his family, and no one will tell him why. And while his parents say that he and his brother are equals, they keep promoting Kay over him—putting Kay forward as a knight, while they will only allow Arthur to be his squire.

No one knows that he is destined to be King Arthur, the legendary king of all Britain.

Yet there’s something in Arthur that can’t be repressed. A will to do right, to defend those who cannot defend themselves. Through his idyllic childhood in the forests that surround his home, he learns to protect and care for a friend that is shunned by all others, finally leading him on a dangerous unaccompanied journey that he handles with ease. Emboldened by his success, Arthur drifts into overconfidence, and makes a disastrous mistake that threatens to end his adventures—and his life—before they’ve even begun.

“I don’t think anyone has as thoroughly and convincingly imagined Arthur’s childhood as Scott Telek has done. This book far surpasses T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone for being far more serious and far better thought out.”
—Tyler Tichelaar, author of the “Children of Arthur” series

“You think it’s going to be all about Arthur having adventures, but it’s a lot of family drama and comedy, sometimes closer to a sitcom than typical fantasy fiction, only the main character is going to grow up to be King Arthur. In this way, you really feel like you know Arthur as a person–and you really like him too. You can see how Arthur develops his heroic qualities, but you also see him be hurt and afraid and confused, making him just like a regular kid. By the end, you feel like you know King Arthur, and he seems like a real person, not some blank figure of legend.”
—Serenamia21, Amazon review

“If you want just magic, battle and bonking, then there are plenty more places to go. What Scott Telek continues to do in this series is to give us the real deal without stinting, and at the same time making new concepts and tangents flown off at really work…. There are few novels about King Arthur which bother with his childhood, and who could wish for a better. If the first three books breathed new and ground-breaking life into Merlin, then The Flower of Chivalry is a return to the best of T.H. White before it was treated to Disney’s sickly saccharin kiss. My only honest criticism is we have to wait for the next.”
—Steve Gladwin, author of “The Seven”

Read all Amazon reviews of The Flower of Chivalry

More about The Flower of Chivalry

Scott Telek Author Interview
About the reveal: Scott Telek discusses the mid-novel revelation (SPOILERS)
Legend to Novel: What’s from the legend and what was added
Excerpt: Arthur questions whether he is adopted
Excerpt: Arthur hears about the Little People

Where to buy The Flower of Chivalry

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