NOTE FROM AUTHOR: WHY DID I WRITE THESE BOOKS?

Date: 29th Apr 2010

I have always been fascinated by the Arthurian legend - by the warrior hero, Arthur himself, and the characters around him - Merlin the Magician, Arthur's wife, the beautiful and seductive Guinevere, Lancelot, the brooding and complex hero who has an affair with her, Mordred, Arthur's son who hates his father, Gawain, Agravaine, Gaheris and Gareth, Morgause (Margot in the book who has an incestuous relationship with her half-brother Arthur resulting in the birth of Mordred ), Morgan le Fay (Morgan in the book), the half crazy witch, and all the rest of them.

However, so many thousands of books have been written about these characters over the last five hundred years that it never occurred to me to write yet another one, until I had the idea of re-inventing them in our 21st Century world.

This raised compelling questions. In this dangerous age, do we not need a hero such as Arthur, someone with courage, conviction and honour? And how would such a man tackle the complex problems and issues of today's troubled times?

Date: 18th May 2010

Arthur is probably the most famous of all mythological heroes. If he were born again, as Thomas Malory prophesied, what sort of man would he be? Soldier? Adventurer? Statesman? Politician?  And what would he do in our 21st Century world? Would he have a son by his half-sister, Margot (Morgause)? And would that son, Mordred, plot to overthrow him? Would Lancelot, Arthur's closest friend, betray him?

Would there be a Camelot? A Round Table? Would Arthur accept what Merlin says is his destiny - to try and save mankind from the forces of darkness, as once he tried to save Britain from the marauding Saxons? And if he did, would he succeed? What would happen to Merlin? To Lancelot and Guinevere? Would Galahad find the Holy Grail?

Read The Call of Destiny and The Hour of Camelot  to find out.