Wonderly Wroth: King Arthur’s training.

Arthur has pulled the sword from the stone—but he’s not king yet. A confused fourteen-year-old from a small town, Arthur suddenly finds himself the foretold king of all Britain. He struggles to grasp the enormity of what it means, except that it means he can’t go home, his brother and other boys—even men, and even kings—are bitterly jealous of him, and many people want to kill him while he’s still just a boy.

Put into training with Sir Ulfius and Sir Bretel—the knights that guarded Uther and Igraine, the former king and queen, Arthur learns to fight with swords, lay siege to a castle and understand the demands of kingship as he is drawn into the close friendship the two knights share. But one of them has a secret—a secret so dark and explosive it throws the formidable knights into a deadly feud, with the future king caught in their battle.

While this happens, the Lady of the Lake makes Merlin aware that he’s not the only power in the realm. Morgan le Fay discovers that the boy who ruined her mother’s life has been found, and lays a plan to entrap him. King Lot is not about to let the realm fall into the hands of a child, and gathers kings to plan a war to prevent it. And Arthur learns that a great wizard created him, molded him, and will soon arrive to assume total control of his life.

“I have never related so much with Arthur’s character until now. Scott Telek really shines in his characterization here. He is afraid, lost. He is a boy of fourteen years old that just found out he is destined to be the next king of Britain, found out that his parents aren’t his real parents and, of course, he felt like his world is all upside down. He also was hot-headed person in some situations and immature, but that’s fine, after all he is just a kid. But, he also proved that he was brave, kind and a person who wants to seek justice. This Arthur is much more relatable than other versions, because in this one he is a human person, who was his own flaws.”
—Mariana, Amazon review

“Merlin will not have an easy time getting Arthur to toe the line. Usually, Merlin is a mentor figure to Arthur, but Wonderly Wroth left me wondering whether Arthur might not prove to be the smarter of the two. Telek’s Arthur is definitely shaping up to be one of the more memorable depictions of the boy king in modern fiction.”
—Tyler Tichelaar, author of the “Children of Arthur” series

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