Title: The Lost Queen
Author: Signe Pike
Publisher: Touchstone
Year: 2018
Genre(s): historical fiction
Part of a Series: No
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Why I read it: It was a Once Upon a Book Club pick.
Synopsis: Lailoken and Languoreth are the twin children of Morken, a chieftain in the time before Britain was Britain. Various tribes throughout the island continue to clash and it grows worse as Christianity starts to spread, bringing more strife as Christian monks threaten the people’s pagan ways. In these tense times, Lailoken is destined to become a Wisdom Keeper, trained in the Old Ways, while Languoreth is destined to marry a great lord to strengthen her father’s lands. But will her destiny lie with the upstart Pendragon, a champion of the Old Ways, or with ruthless Tutegal, who welcomes Christianity?
With an Old World on the verge of becoming a New World, Lailoken and Languoreth find their lives tied to both – and to one of the greatest stories of all time: King Arthur and the wizard Merlin.
