The Bright Sword

The Bright Sword is a fantasy novel written by American author Lev Grossman, published in 2024 by Viking Press. The novel takes place within the King Arthur mythology, and follows a talented young knight named Collum who travels from his backwater home to Camelot, expecting to meet King Arthur and join the Round Table. Collum finds that Arthur and most of the knights of the Round Table died weeks before Collum arrived, in the battle against Mordred, leaving only a handful of leaderless knights to defend Camelot and the throne of Britain from competing warlords, rivals, and the magical forces of Morgan le Fay.