King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table being resurrected when Britain is in peril is just crazy sounding enough to be absolutely amazing. Perfect for fans of medieval fantasy books - only this one is set in a future where the Earth is very much in peril itself thanks to human behavior. There's references to historic world events these Knights played a role in winning, old feuds to understand, multiple narrators to keep the readers guessing, and references to magic & dragons & old Gods & Otherworlds.....

Will the Knights be able to save not only Britain, but our entire planet?

This book was not my usual genre so I was pleasantly surprised! It took me on a ride from beginning to end and I’m definitely glad I read it. Would definitely recommend!

Not bad for a debut novel!! I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the plot itself. It was a little slow going at first but it’s relatively easy to understand. I really love how Kay and Lancelot’s character developed. Merlin continues to be a whack job in almost all of the Arthur retellings or stories so that was entertaining. Definitely would say it’s adult fiction if anyone is reading.

This book is way outside of my comfort genre, but I enjoyed it. If it weren't sent to me to read, Im not sure if I would have picked it up. But I'm really glad I gave it a chance because I liked it. It was a bit long, but I understood the reason for the length!

This was quite the enjoyable read. I thought the pacing was great, the main character was enjoyable, the story was easy to follow along. It was easy to get lost in these pages. The imagery at the beginnings of the resurrection of our MC was vivid and immediately set the tone for the headspace our MC was in.

The balance between the plot and subplots was great in my opinion, I have found with other novels I've read that they are advertised as one thing but you read it only to realize it's 99% politics and this novel was most certainly not the case.

I would recommend this to adults who enjoy the fantasy genre!

I was grateful for the offer of this ARC by the author, Penguin Random House and NetGalley, because I enjoyed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I was tempted by the ties to Arthurian sagas with some familiar Knights of the Round Table appearing to save the modern world of England, dying because of the ravages of climate change and evil government and capitalism. The plot is light but the exposition is prodigious. Should England be saved, once again, by these ancient heroes? Will they support the feminist climate warriors, who seek to blow up the corrupt, racist, classist, misogynist elites who care nothing for the rights of the land itself? Stay tuned for more volumes, I am sure, to continue the gory adventures. . . but count me out. Too much of a muddle, with an emphasis on mud. 3 stars.

Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee is an interesting story
I enjoyed the writing and once I started getting into the flow of thing's it really took off for me.
The story was interesting and intriguing. With characters that kept turnig the pages.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House & Ballantine Books for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Honestly, I went into this book with low expectations? Arthuriana AND the climate crisis AND feuding political groups in a Britain set 20 or so years in the future? It could end up really terrible or really lovely.

And the answer was that it was lovely. It was deftly written, with a careful eye to scope and not going too overzealous with it while still following a strong thematic through line and ideology. While there were some weaker moments, especially along personal qualms for how some characters were portrayed (but ymmv on that), I found the whole thing a fascinatingly rich story that I genuinely had an incredible time with!

This didn’t grab me. It’s very English in its references and not overly universal. That’s fine, but I don’t have the patience to research every reference to English history I don’t understand. It’s odd really wordy too. I like farce, but I can’t deal with wading through all the long winded writing.