A new take on Arthurian tales, these short stories are written by different authors who give their own spin to both familiar and more obscure characters.

This book provides stories of some of the less known and talked about knights of the round table and other characters related to Arthur. While I'm familiar with most of Arthurian legends and stories, and this book was quite new for me.

The stories are nicely written and the pace is good. My only issue was the occasional attempt to integrate a modern concept or value.

Apart from that, a nice, quick read read!

This is a collection of arthurian tales some were quite good but others I could barely finish a very mixed quality anthology

A new take on Arthurian tales, this compilation of short stories from a variety of authors spins the familiar characters in unexplored ways. The stories include several tales of knights with shocking secrets, exploration of the old religions, and plenty of magic.

We are all familiar with a number of the Arthurian stories and characters. This book however, follows the stories of some of the more obscure knights of the round table, as well as some more distant associates of King Arthur. The stories in this book are neither over-told or familiar, and even the most devoted fan of Arthurian legend is bound to find something new here.

I enjoyed the pace of the stories, and the snapshot nature of some of them. They aren't all a full start-to-finish story, but rather a piece of a larger puzzle, a moment in time in the life of a character. This leaves you feeling like there is a bigger story going on, one that began long before the first page, and will carry on long after the final sentence.

The stories themselves range from fascinating and well presented to monotonous and overly current issue heavy, with a more graceless pushy message of modern times. I enjoyed all of the stories, but some of them were less fun than others because of their obvious ulterior motive of making a specific statement. This may well be a matter of personal opinion though, as it could certainly be argued that this type of fiction is meant to lead you on a specific though progression, and that Arthurian legend specifically has always carried strong political and religious overtones.

As a quick read, I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in Arthurian legend, or historical fiction in general.

I love King Arthur stories and the title was what attracted me.
This is a very good collection of stories, well written and with interesting and strong characters.
Some stories are better than other as usual and this was a very enjoyable and entertaining read.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC