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The adventures, romances, and intrigues of King Arthur, Princess Vivien, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Morgana Le Fay, and Prince Mordred continue in this second book of A Tetralogy of Tales, a new vision of timeless legends as they have never been told before, in beauty and authentic complexity. His Majesty and the Prince of Lothian is wondrously "what might have been". Narrated by the incomparable Michael Troughton.

Princess Vivien's idyllic life is shattered when Saxons invade her sire’s kingdom. So long had the Selgovaeans enjoyed peace they are ill prepared and are quickly conquered by the barbarians, her father slain. Alone, Vivien is forced to flee to the hidden sanctuary of The Mountain. Her journey is extremely perilous as the Saxons search out every road and trail, seeking to capture the princess and obtain a vital secret that she possesses. To evade her enemies, she must rely on wit, cunning, and the help of the enigmatic sage, the Immortal Hawk.

In the days of Arthur, a mighty king is promised to the beleaguered Britons of the Peninsula. He is a jovial but fierce warrior of ancient lineage, Sir René, the first Knight of the Argoat and a captain of the Round Table. Even before he returns to his dead sire’s province, others are uncannily led to Brittany, an arcadian kingdom held in the pitiless grip of a Druid sorcerer. The Knights of the Argoat is a grand, romantic adventure, set against the historical founding of post-Roman Brittany.

The House of Arthur, the Red Dragon, is championed by the great king’s grandson, young Prince Stephen, and his love, the beautiful Lady Gabriella. The House of Saxnôt, the White Dragon, supremely dominates Britannia, ruled by an ancient pagan aristocracy, the avowed enemies of King Arthur’s heirs.

Audiobook three in A Tetralogy of Tales. After the conquest of Great Britain, the adventure continues in the lives of King Arthur’s heir, Sir Mark of Glastonbury, Brynja, his lovely Nordic wife, Stephen, their high-spirited prince, and the exquisite but deadly Queen Covianna, the new Saxnôt ruler of Britannia who would make Mark her consort king.

C.S. Lewis had great respect and admiration for George MacDonald. Lewis felt that McDonald's genius was in fantasy that 'hovered between the allegorical and the mythopoeic'. It is this region of the literary landscape that Bryce Gibby firmly establishes his novella, The Martyr of Chalaines... There is a wisdom and maturity in Gibby's novella that is certain to attract devoted readers of all ages.

Cwen is a captivating tale of adventure, magic, romance, and destiny, set in ancient Germania and Britannia. Born common, the daughter of an Italian glassblower and a Saxon maiden, the raven-haired beauty possesses remarkable grace and cunning. Preferring the forest's solitude to village life, she develops a profound and fearless fascination with nature, where she learns to feel realities that cannot be seen. This passion for nature is exceeded only by her love of an ancient codex, a gift of her father's, believing it holds a key to untold secrets.

In the days of King Arthur, Sir Alun is enjoying life at court and a budding romance in the Palace of Léhon when Brittany is invaded by Clovis I of Francia, a brutal boy-king. What begins as a simple scouting mission for Sir Alun entangles the young knight in international intrigue, courtly love affairs, war, and harrowing encounters with the supernatural.