Spear
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A girl raised alone in the woods by her mother has a gift for talking to animals and a love of fighting. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find the court of King Arthur and prove that she belongs among his knights, under the name Peretur.
At Camelot she becomes close to Nimuë, the king's magician, and she is drawn into the quest for the Grail, which she may understand better than anyone. Nicola Griffith's short, lyrical retelling of the legend of Percival is part Arthurian, part Irish myth, and gives the story to a woman.
About the author
Griffith, Nicola
Nicola Griffith is a British-American novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award (twice), Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, World Fantasy Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and six Lambda Literary Awards. In 2024 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2025, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Griffith
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