{"product_id":"perilous-times","title":"Perilous Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet--saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself--in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you like Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, you'll enjoy \u003ci\u003ePerilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . An utterly original take on Arthurian myth.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePOPSUGAR \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegends don't always live up to reality. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully tiring over the years--or at least that's what Sir Kay's thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth yet again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKay once rode alongside his brother, King Arthur, as a Knight of the Round Table. Since then, he has fought at Hastings and at Waterloo and in both World Wars. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, the army's been privatized, and half of Britain's been sold to foreign powers. The dragon that's running amok--that he can handle. The rest? He's not so sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMariam's spent her life fighting what's wrong with her country. But she's just one ordinary person, up against a hopelessly broken system. So when she meets Kay, she dares to hope that the world has finally found the savior it needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet as the two travel through this bizarre and dangerous land, they discover that a magical plot of apocalyptic proportions is underway. And Kay's too busy hunting dragons--and exchanging blows with his old enemy Lancelot--to figure out what to do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn perilous times like these, the realm doesn't just need a knight. It needs a true leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuckily, Excalibur lies within reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut who will be fit to wield it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a cast that includes Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur himself--all reimagined in joyous, wickedly subversive fashion-- \u003ci\u003ePerilous Times\u003c\/i\u003e is an Arthurian retelling that looks forward as much as it looks back . . . and a rollicking, deadpan-funny, surprisingly touching fantasy adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Snowlock Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67579841151209,"sku":"9780593499016","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67579841183977,"sku":"9780593499030","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/7429\/9369\/files\/PerilousTimes_HC.webp?v=1793681616","url":"https:\/\/snowlockbooks.com\/products\/perilous-times","provider":"Snowlock Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}