Hardcover, 192 pages
Published April 19, 2022 by Tordotcom.
The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court.
And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate.
I got 26% (thanks, e-reader) into this book before I quit. I really wanted to like it, with its queer heroine and beautiful writing style. But ultimately it’s a lone hero story and I’m practically allergic to those.
