But the greatest danger isn’t what lies ahead of Guinevere - it’s what’s been buried inside her. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises. While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Kiersten White’s fantastic Camelot Rising trilogy with Guinevere at the center comes to a close in The Excalibur Curse. Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere's younger sister.THE EXCALIBUR CURSE (CAMELOT RISING TRILOGY), by Kiersten White, Delacorte Press, Dec. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has arrived. Is her deception at an end? And who is she really deceiving-Camelot, or herself?

Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere's younger sister.

The more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn't belong. She has no sense of who she truly was before she was Guinevere. The closer she gets to the people around her-Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde Lancelot, fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight and Arthur, everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere-the more she realizes how empty she is. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exploring the nature of self, the inevitable cost of progress, and, of course, magic and romance and betrayal so epic Queen Guinevere remains the most famous queen who never lived.ĮVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with Queen Guinevere at his side.

The camelot betrayal