The Lady of Avalon (The Mists of Avalon #4)

Travel to the era preceding the times of King Arthur in this prequel to the novel «The Mists of Avalon» — a captivating story of three extraordinary women who change the fate of Roman Britain, fighting for the return of magic and the traditions of a once-great past.

A new era is dawning… The King will come… and he will rule forever.
From generation to generation, a small circle of initiates prepares for the arrival of the Defender — the sacred king destined to preserve the ancient customs of the Britons and save their land from destruction. They wait on the sacred island of Avalon, hidden in the mists between the world of faeries and the world of humans.
For the high priestess Kaelin, who resists Roman aggression, salvation comes not through victory, but through bitter sacrifice.
Two hundred years later, her successor, Dierna, faces a new adversary — Saxon hordes descending upon her people.
By the time of Viviana, Britain seems almost lost. But among the druids, Merlin is reborn, and the day of the Defender, destined to enter history under the name of Arthur, is relentlessly approaching.