Do you like the tales of Camelot, and yet find them a little too dark at times? If you wish for a new perspective on some of the oldest and most well known tales around, well then, this book will be a beautiful new thing.

This tells the stories though a new viewpoint-the squire to the (im)famous Sir Gawain. Terence, a young teenager is swept into the adventures as the two of them get drawn into each others worlds, and get into all sorts of scrapes-some new, and invented by the author, and some as old and well known and loved as Camelot itself.

The book is a gem among the treasure chest of Camelot tales because the stories are not only told with a new character tossed in the fray, but they are also laced with a clever, almost satric humor, that is all too rare in books set in this time period.

People who love the old tales-but wish for an occasional new spin on them, and sometimes just like to relax in the lighter side of Camelot. Which isn't to say that the books don't have their serious moments-they do. But, the author has just found the perfect balance between the two.

Read the rest! Currently, there are:

1.The Squire's Tale
2.The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady.
3.The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
4.Parsifal's Page
5.The Ballad of Sir Dinadan

And hopefully another one coming out in the spring.

See above. But, if you liked Gerald Morris's work, may I also recommend.

Mists of Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

I am Mordred and I am Morgan Le Fay by Nacy Springer.

And Arthur, High King of Britain, by Michael Morpurgo, just for a few.

It's good for all ages-I started the series in middle school, and here I am, nearly done with high school, and still reading them.

In short, one of my favourites series-I can't wait for number 6!

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