{"product_id":"perilous-times-9780593499030","title":"Perilous Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet--saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself--in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you like Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, you'll enjoy \u003ci\u003ePerilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . An utterly original take on Arthurian myth.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePOPSUGAR \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegends don't always live up to reality. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeing reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully tiring over the years--or at least that's what Sir Kay's thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth yet again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKay once rode alongside his brother, King Arthur, as a Knight of the Round Table. Since then, he has fought at Hastings and at Waterloo and in both World Wars. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, the army's been privatized, and half of Britain's been sold to foreign powers. The dragon that's running amok--that he can handle. The rest? He's not so sure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mariam's spent her life fighting what's wrong with her country. But she's just one ordinary person, up against a hopelessly broken system. So when she meets Kay, she dares to hope that the world has finally found the savior it needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet as the two travel through this bizarre and dangerous land, they discover that a magical plot of apocalyptic proportions is underway. And Kay's too busy hunting dragons--and exchanging blows with his old enemy Lancelot--to figure out what to do about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In perilous times like these, the realm doesn't just need a knight. It needs a true leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Luckily, Excalibur lies within reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But who will be fit to wield it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a cast that includes Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur himself--all reimagined in joyous, wickedly subversive fashion--\u003ci\u003ePerilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e is an Arthurian retelling that looks forward as much as it looks back . . . and a rollicking, deadpan-funny, surprisingly touching fantasy adventure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas D. Lee \u003c\/b\u003ebelieves all sorts of things about how art and literature can be used as tools to fight for a better future, but mostly he just wants to make his readers laugh. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester, where he is currently studying for a PhD specializing in queer interpretations of the Arthurian mythos.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe frequently considers emulating Merlin and becoming a hermit in the woods who speaks only in riddles. \u003ci\u003ePerilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610114986258,"sku":"9780593499030","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a854223-5168-4ef0-a806-ee8430c8cc1c.jpg?v=1732333961","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/perilous-times-9780593499030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}