{"title":"Jack Whyte","description":"Jack Whyte is a Scots-born, award-winning Canadian author whose poem, The Faceless One, was featured at the 1991 New York Film Festival. The Camulod Chronicles is his greatest work, a stunning retelling of one of our greatest legends: the making of King Arthur's Britain. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.","products":[{"product_id":"the-eagles-brood-book-three-of-the-camulod-chronicles-paperback","title":"The Eagles' Brood: Book Three of the Camulod Chronicles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eagles' Brood\u003c\/i\u003e by Jack Whyte continues the saga of the Colony known as Camulod, and the tale of the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for the Celt and Roman peoples when the Roman legions departed Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost know the new leader of the Colony as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Cauis Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for their safety, and all look to him for guidance, leadership, justice, and salvation. It is a harsh life but a good community, and Merlyn is dedicated to spreading the influence of Roman culture beyond the Colony's borders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUther Pendragon, the man who will father the legendary Arthur, is the cousin Merlyn has known and loved since they were birthed, four hours apart on the same day, the year the legions left Britain. He is the tireless warrior--the red dragon to Merlyn's great silver bear--and between the two of them, the Colony knows few enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs different as they can be, they are inseparable: two faces of the same coin. In a world torn apart by warfare and upheaval, each is the other's certainty and guarantee of the survival of the Colony . . . until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyn's life, drives a wedge between them. 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Legends do not tell of the despairing Roman soldiers, abandoned by their empire, faced with the choice of fleeing back to Rome, or struggling to create a last stronghold against the barbarian onslaughts from the north and east. Legends do not tell of Arthur's great-grandfather, Publius Varrus, the warrior who marked the boundaries of a reborn empire with his own shed blood; they do not tell of Publius's wife, Luceiia, British-born and Roman-raised, whose fierce beauty burned pale next to her passion for law and honor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Camulod Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, Jack Whyte tells us what legend has forgotten: the history of blood and violence, passion and steel, out of which was forged a great sword, and a great nation. \u003ci\u003eThe Singing Sword\u003c\/i\u003e continues the gripping epic begun in \u003ci\u003eThe Skystone\u003c\/i\u003e: As the great night of the Dark Ages falls over Roman Britain, a lone man and woman fight to build a last stronghold of law and learning--a crude hill-fort, which one day, long after their deaths, will become a great city . . . known as Camelot.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370057367775,"sku":"9780765304582","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rACJ6RgoCO9780765304582.webp?v=1789150270"},{"product_id":"the-saxon-shore-paperback","title":"The Saxon Shore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerlyn Britannicus and Uther Pendragon---the Silver Bear and the Red Dragon---are the leaders of the Colony, lifeblood to the community from which will come the fabled Camulod. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut soon their tranquility is in ruins, Uther lies dead from treachery, and all that is left of the dream is the orphaned babe Arthur. 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