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Color of Blood

Les Coalson

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Journalist Clay Aker must decide between two difficult
choices return home to help his widowed mother
search for his missing brother, Jack, and his girlfriend,
Vicky, or remain with the woman he loves, Mary
Frances Wiley. When his brother's abandoned boat is
found beached near Port Lavaca, Texas, Clay fears
foul play and teams up with Texas Ranger Julio
Ramirez to launch a coastal search for Jack. The
search becomes complicated by murder, theft, kidnapping,
and a trail of pollution leading to major
industrial plants. Meanwhile, without Clay to protect
her, an arsonist attempts to silence Mary Frances and
prevent her from testifying in a pending land fraud
trial. All the while Vicky struggles to survive in the
wilds of the Texas coast as her captors a shrimp
boat captain and his unscrupulous partner feud over
her fate. What happened to Jack? Does Vicky survive?
Will Clay and Mary Frances' relationship endure? And
just who is polluting Lavaca Bay and why?

The Song of Sir Rod the Long: A Gay Romance of the Round Table

Larry Howard

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Off the wall humor 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the kind of book that makes you wonder how the author ever dreamed it up in the first place. OK -- the knights of the Round Table offer a good subject for gay treatment -- but rhyming couplets? What an undertaking! The rhymes are very clever and often surprising, the puns are groan-worthy, and the jokes poke fun at everything from show tunes to opera to fast food. Our hero Rod stumbles from adventure to adventure, trying to stay on course but usually giving in to some amorous escapade, and each episode builds on what came before as the poor guy tries to learn how to fight like a true knight. There's real suspense when he's called upon to show his stuff and the conclusion is actually quite touching. I read it twice and liked it just as much the second time. Don't let the poetry put you off -- this book is an easy read and really very funny -- something different that almost defies description but is highly recommended to all.

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In days of old, knights weren't just bold, they were downright outrageous! It's King Arthur's birthday, and Guinevere commands the knights of the Round Table to tell her the story of Sir Rod the Long.
Join the Queen as she hears the tale of this orphan boy and squire-school dropout as he searches for his missing boyfriend, the valiant Sir Bruce. Along the way his encounters include a handsome youth who makes war before love, a fierce vegetarian giant, and a lady wrestler from an all-woman commune.
History is rewritten with a gay twist in this mock-translation of the recently discovered "lavender manuscript." Sir Rod is a rowdy, ribald novel in verse -- it's Camelot without the closet! From the author of The Lions' Den and Joe & the Show Queen.

Parsival or a Knight's Tale

Richard Monaco

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One of the WORST books I've ever half read 1 out of 5 stars.
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If you're really into blood, guts, and sex, this one's for you. After 100 pages of this filth I threw the book into the trash compactor. Watching the "innocent" Parsival wandering around fondling and raping women and wallowing in blood was enought to make me vomit. If I could give this a negative rating, I would. Don't waste your time or money on this garbage.

Beauty, Violence and Romance 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book makes poetry out of the muck and blood of everyday life; has three-dimension characters; epic scope, humor, love and magic and once you're into it you don't put it down.Up there with the classics of any genre. Unique.

Bawdy and bloody retelling of the Grail quest 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the first of a now out of print four volume series based on the Arthurian Grail quest of the hero Parsival. The other three volumes are: The Grail War; The Final Quest; and, Blood and Dreams.
This first volume follows Parsival from his overprotective mother and his childhood home on his first quest to become a knight at King Arthur's round table. Once he is a knight, he begins his second quest to find the Grail Castle and discover its secret.
A parallel story tells of Broaditch, a servant from his mother's castle, who sets out soon after to find Parsival. The two quests compliment each other with short episodic chapters from each telling the tale of the book.
The book is not for the squeemish. There is a war and lots of bloodshed. The people are bawdy rather than chivalric, and the sexual relationships are not always consensual. However, it is an exciting and humorous retelling of a medieval tale. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

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"Richard Monaco has created an unusual slant on the Arthurian Legend. Horror and bloodshed mingle with a soft, imaginative romanticism making an instant classic." --Salisbury Times, Britain

Knighthood in the Morte Darthur Second edition (Arthurian Studies)

Beverly Kennedy

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`A lucid and rich analysis eminently suited to students at undergraduate and graduate levels.' CHOICEBeverley Kennedy puts Malory's concern with knighthood at the very heart of the Morte Darthur. She identifies three types of knight: the Heroic (Gawain), the Worshipful (Tristram and Arthur), and the True (Lancelot, Gareth and the Grail Knights), and argues that this knightly typology creates the thematic unity of the Morte Darthur. It also allows Malory to develop two quite different contexts, one pragmatic and political, the other religious and providential, within which the reader may judge why Arthur's reign ended in catastrophe.BEVERLEY KENNEDY is Professor of English at Marianopolis College, Canada.

Exiled from Camelot

Cherith Baldry

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EXILED FROM CAMELOT 5 out of 5 stars.
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Cherith Baldry's "Exiled From Camelot" is a novel of remarkable characterization and insight, a fresh new look at King Arthur's seneschal and foster brother Sir Kay and a breathtaking odyssey of personal redemption. When Loholt, King Arthur's illegitimate son, arrives at Camelot and quickly worms his way into the Court's favor, only the crude but honorable Kay remains suspicious. And when Loholt is killed, Kay finds himself stripped of title and honor and summarily exiled by his own brother on pain of death. A far-reaching plot unfolds deftly in Baldry's hands, a tale of magic, good and evil, beautiful ladies and despicable villains, highlighted by brilliant and innovative depictions of familiar heroes like Sir Gareth and Sir Gawaine (the latter should perhaps be billed as Kay's co-star in this wonderful saga) and of course Kay himself, who, as in Phyllis A. Karr's classic "The Idylls of the Queen," proves to be far more gallant and resourceful than his uncouth reputation would suggest. Masterfully written, featuring exciting battles, convincing dialogue, and plenty of mystery, "Exiled From Camelot" is a perfect companion piece to Karr's aforementioned novel, and one which should be a valuable component to the Arthurian canon for many years to come.

Editorial Review:

The court of Camelot is unsettled by the arrival of Loholt, King Arthur's illegitimate son. Driven by the need for an heir, the king embraces the stranger, though not everyone in Camelot so readily accepts the mysterious young man. Arthur's seneschal and foster brother, the redoubtable Sir Kay, is especially suspicious of Loholt's motives. And when Loholt is killed, Kay finds himself under suspicion of murder.
Stripped of his knighthood, Kay forges an unwilling alliance with the renegade Briant and his lover, the enchantress Brisane, who seek to bring down the men closest to the king. If Sir Kay cannot redirect their plot or win back the court's trust, nothing will save Camelot from the twin threats of war and evil sorcery.
"One of the half-dozen best Arthurian novels I have yet read"
-Phyllis Ann Karr, author of Idylls of the Queen and The Arthurian Companion.

The Song of Arthur: Celtic Tales from the High King's Court

John Matthews

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These seventeen stories first published in book form stunningly present the Celtic legends and myths of the Arthurian quest for the Grail.

Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion

Beatrice Clay

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Among the stories of world-wide renown, not the least stirring are those that have gathered about the names of national heroes. The Æneid, the Nibelungenlied, the Chanson de Roland, the Morte D'Arthur,-they are not history, but they have been as National Anthems to the races, and their magic is not yet dead.

El Retorno de Merlin / The Return of Merlin (Spanish Edition)

Deepak Chopra

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Warlord Trilogy

Bernard Cornwell

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The mythic saga of King Arthur that forever changed the way the legend of Arthur is told!

Britain is in the middle of the Dark Ages. With Roman civilization a dim memory and the Saxons braying at the borders, Britain is in desperate need of a strong leader. The saga begins with The Winter King. Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared. A child-king sits unprotected on the throne. In this volume, Cornwell introduces us to Arthur, a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant.

In volume two of The Warlord Trilogy, Enemy of God, Arthur has defeated the last holdouts of civil war in southern Britain, and the kingdoms of Britain are finally united. But this newfound balance is threatened by Merlin’s intrigues and his ceaseless quest for the last of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, and by the conflict between ancient religion and the new Christianity.

The third and final installment, Excalibur, is a monumental story of love and war. Betrayed by his true love, Guinevere, Arthur must face his enemies—who were once his friends—in final, mortal combat. He must also face his most daunting challenge of all.

It takes an extraordinary writer to make an old story as fresh and compelling as the first time it was told. Superbly written and peopled with the familiar characters of legend, The Warlord Trilogy is a fantastic retelling of the standard Arthurian legend. The bloodcurdling adventures, intrigue, and wars are brought to life by reader Tim Pigott-Smith.