The Retreat to Avalon

The Retreat to Avalon

by Sean Poage
The Retreat to Avalon

The Retreat to Avalon

by Sean Poage

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Overview

Fifteen hundred years have turned history into legend...After three generations of struggle against ruthless invaders, Britain has finally clawed its way back within reach of peace and prosperity. Across the sea, Rome is crumbling under an onslaught of barbarian attacks, internal corruption and civil war. Desperate for allies, Rome's last great emperor looks to Britain and the rising fame of her High King, Arthur.Arthur believes the coming war is inevitable, but many are opposed. Dissent, intrigue and betrayal threaten to tear the fragile British alliance apart from within, while the enemies of Britain wait for the first sign of weakness.Meanwhile, Gawain, a young warrior craving fame, is swept up in Arthur's wake as the king raises an army. While Gawain's wife and kin face their own struggles at home, the young warrior finds himself taking on more than he bargained for, and heading into the greatest battle his people have faced in generations.The Retreat to Avalon is the exciting beginning of the historical fiction trilogy The Arthurian Age, introducing readers to the origins of King Arthur and the world he lived and fought for.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781948602303
Publisher: Perseid Press
Publication date: 06/08/2018
Pages: 516
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

As a lifelong explorer, sleuth and amateur historian, Sean Poage has travelled the world and worked in a variety of occupations, including soldier, police officer and computer geek. His curiosity about beginnings, journeys and what motivates people drew him to prehistoric linguistics, Neolithic Britain, the ancient Sumerians, Mycenaean Greece and the enigmatic world of the "Dark Ages" in Europe.
Discovering that the ancient origins of "King Arthur" and his knights were far more interesting than the well-known stories written centuries later, Sean's research took him deep into the history and legends of the Arthurian Age. What began as a mental exercise examining one promising theory resulted in his ground-breaking novel, The Retreat to Avalon. The second book in the series, The Strife of Camlan, will carry on from the events of the first book, while the final book, The Three Terrible Revelations, will take us back to the beginning of the Arthurian Age and answers the remaining mysterious questions.
Sean is a graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. When he isn't writing, Sean works as an IT manager and enjoys spending time with his wife, Jennifer, and their blended family of four children, a cat and a dog in Maine, USA.
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