KATHERINE W. (wylchild) reviewed on 6/18/2006 + 115 more book reviews

As always, Kinley MacGregor tells a terrific story when she REtells the story of Camelot and the Lords of Avalon. That would be the story of King Arthur that everyone's heard. Only this time, she puts a spin on the tale by having the 13 magical objects of the round table turn up in odd places and with even odder people...peasants, knights, gods, goddesses, and demons.

In this case, Camelot has been captured by the evil Morgen (Arthur's sister) and the good guys have retreated to Avalon. The sword of darkness belongs to a (thought to be) evil knight (Kerrigan) from Morgen's realm. His task is to bring back the mother (Seren) of a very powerful, but yet-to-be-born, child to Morgen, who wants to control the woman's babe. What Kerrigan or Seren do not know is that Seren is decended from a penmerlin which makes her a Merlin (powerful magical advisor). Kerrigan is also a Merlin, though Seren doesn't know this either.

Unfortunately for Morgen, Kerrigan finds that he really isn't as evil as he's always thought when Seren brings out his good side causing him to fall in love with her and father her child...who, because of its parents combined powers, is to be the future penmerlin (extremely powerful wizard) that Morgen wants to control.

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