Clarien Luttig’s Reviews > The Once and Future King > Status Update

Three books down, two to go.

I've finished the second book in the series - The Queen of Air and Darkness - and started the third - The Ill-Made Knight. The second book isn't as good as the first, and swings around wildly in tone. The author throws in some anachronisms, including a reference to Hitler and an explanation of fencing that compares it with cricket.

The third book focuses on Lancelot and Guinevere. Let's see where this goes.

I finished the first book in the omnibus, "The Sword in the Stone." It's a light-hearted and rather whimsical tale of adventure that shows Arthur's childhood, up to the discovery of Excalibur.

The second book, The Queen of Air and Darkness (originally published as The Witch in the Wood in 1939), starts on a dramatically different note. It's suddenly much more sinister and austere, and the villains are introduced.

So far, it's sweet and witty.