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Told from the point of view of the villain Mordred, the illegitimate son and ultimate killer of King Arthur, the story engenders a feeling of some sympathy for Mordred, whose whole life's ambition is to be acknowledged by his father. The book is interesting for its portraits of a noble king who rules not the way he wants, but the way he must, and of a young man who cannot escape the workings of a malign fate.