The End of Magic: An Arthurian Adventure

by Leonora Nattrass

Superbly imagined, extremely well-written, and the ending is brilliant.' Dr Sharon Ouditt, Head of English, Media and Creative Cultures, Nottingham Trent University.

It is ten years since Arthur banished magic from his kingdom and the Merlin took himself away, leaving government in the hands of mortal men. Only the far west remains untamed, and life is peaceful. As sorcery withers Christianity is on the rise, but it too seems almost a kind of magic. The prophecy made at Galahad’s birth remains as a reminder of former times, and the grail exercises an ominous fascination over his imagination.
The new equilibrium is shattered when Arthur is bewitched, and the knights of the round table must venture into the west, last stronghold of the old magic. The quest will test the courage and loyalty of all his knights, but especially of young Mordred and Galahad, whose actions will decide the future of Camelot. Who has brought Arthur's realm to the edge of destruction, and what do they hope to gain? Will it be force of arms or something more perplexing that will save Arthur in the end, if indeed he can saved at all?
The End of Magic is an Arthurian adventure, but it is also an exploration of religion, sacrifice, and the nature of storytelling itself.

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 2, 2014

About the author

Leonora Nattrass studied eighteenth-century literature and politics, and spent ten years lecturing in English and publishing works on William Cobbett. She then moved to Cornwall, where she lives in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts, and spins the fleeces of her traditional Ryeland sheep into yarn. Black Drop is her first novel.