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| A first novel by the Mill Valley writer Cary James, "King & Raven" is a re-telling of the King Arthur story, from the point of view of a peasant boy named Micha. | |
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| Height: | 6.8 in. |
| Width: | 4.3 in. |
| Thickness: | 1.2 in. |
| Weight: | 8.8 oz. |
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| Peasants have no rights. Knights take what they want. That is the law of young Micah's life, growing up in the shadow of King Arthur's castle--until the knights take his sister's honor and her life. The vow of vengeance he swears that day transforms him from peasant Micah to hero Raven and carries him into Camelot itself. | |
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| After his sister is murdered at the hands of four drunken knights from Camelot, Micah of Greenfarm swears a vow of vengeance that leads him from peasant to knighthood's highest station. James's debut novel offers a version of the Arthurian myth in which the nobles' contempt for those of lowly birth stands in contrast to the knightly codes of chivalry and courtly love. Elegantly written with an eye for the often overlooked details of a savage age, this skillful portrait of a young man's painful collision with legend provides more than just another retelling of the Round Table's rise and fall. Most libraries should consider this revisionist view of Camelot for their fantasy collections. Adams Even the legendary Camelot seems dull in this lackluster first novel. Disingenuously narrated by Micah of Greenfarm, a peasant who calls himself ``the Raven,'' the story begins with the rape and murder of Micah's sister by five of King Arthur's knights. Micah vows vengeance and, driven by spite, moves quickly through the ranks of the king's court. He distinguishes himself in battle, manages three orgasms in each of his nights abed and attains ever higher stature even as he asserts his peasant roots. After a brief time in France, Micah (now known as Michel de Verdeur) returns to England just in time to see Camelot unravel. The novel's conception of Arthur's reign is of a government rent asunder by Guinevere's infidelity with Lancelot, but this astute premise is undercut by the narrative's insistence on being politically correct: the few Jews who appear, for instance, are benevolent toward Micah and ill-treated by everyone else. With its tendentious, first-person narration, James's debut, for all its inherent drama and expertly rendered period detail, is a pale and plodding affair. (Sept.) Bernstein | |
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