Fantasy

By Force Alone

by Lavie TidharBook 1 of 2 in Anti-Matter of Britain
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Description

A retelling of Arthurian myth... Everyone thinks they know the story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. The fact is they don't know sh*t. Arthur? An over-promoted gangster. Merlin? An eldritch parasite. Excalibur? A shady deal with a watery arms dealer. Britain? A clogged sewer that Rome abandoned just as soon as it could.

What it’s like

ThemeAlternate HistoryHistorical FantasyGrimdarkSatiricalPower & Corruption
ViolenceGraphic
CombatSkirmish-Heavy
HorrorChilling
ProfanityFrequent/Hard

Awards

FinalistRobert Holdstock Award (British Fantasy Award, Best Fantasy Novel)2021

Details

First published
March 5, 2020
Pages
416
Reading time
About 8 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Tor Books
Language
English
ISBN
9781250753458
Series
Anti-Matter of Britain, Book 1

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