A retelling of Arthurian myth from World Fantasy Award-winner Lavie Tidhar,
By Force Alone
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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.
A savage and cutting epic fantasy, equally poetic and profane,
is a magical adventure and a subversive masterwork.