{"product_id":"perilous-times-thomas-d-lee-9780593499016","title":"Perilous Times","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you like Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, you'll enjoy Perilous Times. . . . An utterly original take on Arthurian myth.\"-The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLegends don't always live up to reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\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\n\u003cp\u003e Mariam'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\n\u003cp\u003e Yet 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\n\u003cp\u003e In perilous times like these, the realm doesn't just need a knight. It needs a true leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Luckily, Excalibur lies within reach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e But who will be fit to wield it? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e With a cast that includes Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur himself-all reimagined in joyous, wickedly subversive fashion-Perilous Times 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":"Thomas D. Lee","offers":[{"title":"As New (w\/Marks)","offer_id":51566459683059,"sku":"7770003015600","price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780593499016.jpg?v=1790021468","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/perilous-times-thomas-d-lee-9780593499016","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}