At Christmas, young Gawain suddenly finds his world rocked to the core, as the ghostly Green Knight condemns him to die in one year. 

 

After giving his solemn vow to fulfill this sentence, desperate young Gawain sets out to make the most of the short time he has left...

 

But how do you live when a death sentence hangs over your head?

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As he seeks his purpose in the world, he accidentally trains the young son of his a long-standing nemesis. He falls in love with a passionate but nomadic writer. And he tries to straighten out the psychopathic tendencies of his adoring little brother Mordred. Now, with new reasons to live, can he escape his fate-- without betraying his word?

 

This bold new interpretation of the Green Knight poem remixes well-known Arthurian legends to tell a surprising story. If you like old tales with new twists, you’ll enjoy this sometimes humorous/sometimes tragic, but always heartfelt novel about uncertain souls seeking their way in a strange but familiar world.