King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

            This is just about the only audio book I will ever review on this site because I want you to decide for yourself how you want to enjoy the books I will be reviewing.

            This is the story of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. It tells of the death of Uther, the pulling of the Sword from the Stone, the receiving of Excalibur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Lady of Shallot, and Arthur's death at the hands of Mordred and his eternal sleep in Avalon. The stories are well told, and told elsewhere if you want more than the three track dedication to them in the book itself. An interesting read of England's only true myth.

            I checked it out because of who is reading it: Sean Bean. I have had a Hollywood crush on him for some time and relished the idea of Sean Bean reading me a story. You might know him as Borimir from Lord of the Rings or Ned Stark in Game of Thrones.

It is a joke in Hollywood that Bean is the actor they won't let live. He has died in just about 90% of his movies. Yet he is an excellent actor and can play good, bad, and grey characters equally well. I really enjoyed listening to him read the story of King Arthur and really could see him portraying an older Arthur in a movie at some point.

The Sword and the Pen

The Sword and the Pen by Elysa Hendricks is one of those odd books that doesn't fit into any one category. On one hand it's an epic fantasy full of wizards and sword fights and girls in skimpy armor. On the other it is an urban fantasy with everything happening in our world with a most unlikely grand mage.

The story is mostly about Brandon Davis, a writer who writes bad fantasy novels. After ten novels he has decided to give his most beloved creation the warrior princess Serilda (who kind of reminded me of Xena Warrior Princess in my mind), a noble and heroic death so that he can move onto other things.

 

This brilliant plan back fires though when Serilda shows up in his study. At first he thinks she's a rabid fan, but soon finds out that somehow he has brought his "creation" into the real world. After falling in love with her, he follows her into her world to try to rewrite the fate he had given her landing into the body of another of his creations King Donoval, a kind of He-man figure.

Together they must rewrite the story so that they may somehow live happily ever after. The item is available on Kindle and used from other sellers.