Arthur is King!

But while unchallenged on the battlefield, sinister powers plot to destroy him in his own Camelot.

When the rose-gold witch Morgause, Arthur's half-sister, ensnares him into an incestuous liaison- and bears his son, Mordred, to use to her own evil ends-a fatal web of love, betrayal and bloody vengeance begins.

Seen through the eyes of Arthur's prophetic protector, Merlin - whose own mysterious powers are in dire danger -here is a tale rich with the majesty and turbulence of the magnificent legend it tells... resplendent with Mary Stewart's own special magic.