I just had "that" experience with this series. You know the one…where you literally can't stop reading, the minutes and pages fly by without noticing, and every moment you aren't reading you're thinking about when you can read again? Where you save the last chapter for a day because you don't want it over yet? Where you think you don't ever want to read another book because nothing will compare?
I've long been a huge fan of Arthurian legend since I read The Once And Future King decades ago. However, out of everything I've tried, nothing has scratched that itch – until now. I read The Winter King, the first in the series, maybe a year ago. It was good, but dense, but I decided to give Enemy Of God, the second volume, another chance after reading a Mary Stuart title and being frustrated with it. I flew through that one, ordered Excalibur (the third volume) halfway through because I knew I couldn't wait, and then laid waste to that 435 page book in six days.
Now I just don't know what to do with myself.
by Will_McLean
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I loved those books! I wished it was given an adaptation over The Last Kingdom.
I still have to read Excalibur, but I agree! It’s a great series. Have you read the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell? I flew through them all in 6 months.
I can pretty enthusiastically recommend anything written by Cornwell, especially the Sharpe books