Author: cnlesley
Acknowledged and accepted by all as the son of Arthur, Mordred struggles with insecurity, wishing he wielded one of the great talisman gifts from the god Emrys. He wants the world to know he too is special, that he is his own man and more than a progeny, but he doesn’t realise that once accepted the gifts cannot be returned, however hellish they are.
Arthur and Kai have escaped the threat of Emrys, but now they must face life on the surface world—and all the fearsome creatures that dwell there. But just as they assemble the beginnings of a fighting force, they discover a vital component to their safety has been compromised. This means a return to Avalon, where Arthur has an unexpected encounter with the untrustworthy Merlin. The magician’s … orders are clear: Arthur must find the sword to save the surface-dwellers and Avalon. There is no alternative.Kiri Ung, leader of the Nestines and ultimate controller of the Terran slaves on the surface,…
Fortune twists in the strongest hands. This is no repeat; this is what happens next. A man, once a legend who bound his soul to his sword as he lay dying, is now all but a boy nearing the end of his acolyte training. Stifled by life in the undersea city of Avalon, Arthur wants to fight side by side with the air-breathing Terrans, not spend his life as servant to the incorporeal sentient known … sentient known as the Archive. Despite the restrictions put on him by Sanctuary, he is determined to help the surface-dwellers defeat predators whose sole…
The wyvern has hunted for the young outcast all her life; a day will come when, after being rejected by civilisation and the tribes, she must at last face him. Abandoned as a sacrifice to the wyvern, a young girl is raised to fear the beast her adoptive clan believes meant to kill her. When the Emperor outlaws all magic, Raven is forced to flee from her home with her foster mother, for both are … for both are judged as witches. Now an outcast, she lives at the mercy of others, forever pursued by the wyvern. Soon her life…