Sleepless Knights - Softcover

Williams, Mark

3.38

133 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927609011 ISBN 13: 9781927609019

Publisher: Atomic Fez Publishing, 2013

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It's not easy being the man behind the myth. Sir Lucas is butler to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - the person who managed every quest from behind the scenes. He's a man whose average working day involved defeating witches and banishing werewolves, while ensuring the Royal pot of tea never crossed the thin line separating 'brewed' from 'stewed.' What's more, 1,500 years after that golden age, he's still doing it - here in the modern world, right under our noses. When King Arthur and six of his knights are exposed as living among us, Merlin is unleashed and a grim apocalypse unfolds, uncovering secrets from the past that King Arthur would rather stay buried. When Lucas is forced to confront his own peculiar destiny, will he choose to sacrifice his true love and lay down his life in the service of his master? Sleepless Knights is a tale of high adventure and warm humor, with a spring in its step, a twinkle in its eye and, at its heart, the ultimate butler.

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About the Author:

Mark H Williams is a playwright and scriptwriter. His work includes Here Be Monsters (Theatr Iolo, 2013) and a stage adaptation of Jason & The Argonauts (Courtyard Hereford, 2013). He has written two UK-touring stage adaptations of Scholastic's 'Horrible' series for The Birmingham Stage Company including Horrible Histories: The Frightful First World War (2009; nominated for a Manchester Evening News Award). Sleepless Knights is his first published work in any form.

Review:

SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS is, quite simply, a cracking good read. A cross between THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, LE MORTE d'ARTHUR and HARRY POTTER, it's packed with charming characters, thrilling chases, intrigue and mystery. A glorious modern chapter of an age-old legend, SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS introduces us to a distinctive and sympathetic new voice in fantasy writing. -- Toby Whithouse (writer for DOCTOR WHO, creator of BEING HUMAN)

Mark Williams' dazzling d?but shakes up Arthurian legend into a wildly inventive, roller coaster ride of thrills, hilarity, dark fantasy and brilliant characterisation all written with an exquisite elegance befitting the originality of the tale. Treat yourself. -- Muriel Gray (THE TRICKSTER, FURNACE, THE ANCIENT)

Wonderful neo-chivalric highjinks. Williams gleefully takes the training wheels off the Arthurian cycle. -- Mike Carey (THE UNWRITTEN, the FELIX CASTOR novels)

Who would have thought that a mash-up between Jeeves and King Arthur would result in such a charmingly bonkers adventure? SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS has the kind of silly energy that inspired MONTY PYTHON and TIME BANDITS, and plays out like a modern-day version of THE SWORD IN THE STONE. It's clearly the Arthurian epic PG Wodehouse never got around to writing. Grail-tastic fun for all ages. -- Christopher Fowler (FILM FREAK, HELL TRAIN, the BRYANT & MAY MYSTERIES

One of the most imaginative and original books I have read in ages. This type of out there fiction is right up my street. Give me more! -- Darren Craske (ABOVE HIS STATION, BEFORE HIS TIME, the CORNELIUS QUAINT CHRONICLES)

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