

So, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and sets out on her bony gelding for Caer Leon. And when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she decides her future lies at his court. She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. She left all she knew to find who she could be. It's a new story with very old bones, a strange place that feels like home." -Alix E. "If Le Guin wrote a Camelot story, I imagine it would feel like Spear: humane, intelligent, and deeply beautiful.

“Spectacular-I've been waiting years for this book to exist.” -Maria Dahvana Headley, author of Beowulf: A New Translation "A pleasure to follow a lovely flexing of Griffith’s strengths in short form." - The New York Times Book Review " queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era." - Los Angeles Times Nominated for the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel
