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Lev Grossman, author of The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance. But Arthur’s death has revealed Britain’s fault lines. Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot, and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again.

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Week of July 7, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of July 7th include THE BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn, a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C., boardinghouse during the McCarthy era; THE BRIGHT SWORD, Lev Grossman's triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium; THE DAYS I LOVED YOU MOST, a heart-wrenching, life-affirming novel from Amy Neff that asks: How much would you sacrifice for the one you love?; David Ellis' THE BEST LIES, a fast-paced, unpredictable thriller featuring a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet who is also a diagnosed pathological liar; and the paperback original FAST BOYS AND PRETTY GIRLS by Lo Patrick, a gritty, coming-of-age, slow-burn Southern mystery with devastating characters and a twist that will leave you aching --- exposing the all-consuming, obsessive power of first love and what it can do to a person.

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