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Hawk of May

by Gillian Bradshaw

Book 1 in the Down the Long Wind series.

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Gwalchmai, the middle son of King Lot and the sorceress Morgawse, grows up in the Orcades overshadowed by his warrior brothers and eager for his mother’s approval. She trains him in dark magic, but grief and the suffering he witnesses gradually reveal the cruelty demanded by her power.

Breaking with Morgawse and his brother Medraut, Gwalchmai escapes south to the court of his uncle Arthur at Camlann. To earn a place in Arthur’s warband, he must overcome fear, resist the legacy of his family and choose the discipline of the Light, beginning the transformation into the champion remembered as Gawain.