Showing results for "Breton" in Fantasy

Les Contes du vent et de la nuit, c'est avant tout une atmosphère. une sensation d'étrange, voire de fantastique, le sentiment angoissant que l'inconcevable va surgir du quotidien, la folie de la sagesse, la mort de la vie. Anatole Le Braz sonde les tréfonds de l'âme bretonne, en dévoile les pans les plus obscurs et passionnés. Nul étalage tapageur ici, mais l'amour, la vengeance, le remords, le chagrin sont autant de passions sourdes, rentrées, qui couvent silencieusement, mais débouche sur la folie ou la mort, sur le don total de tout son être.

Imagine Camelot but in Gotham: a city where Arthurian knights are the celebrities of the day, riding on motorbikes instead of horses and competing in televised fights for fame and money. Imagine a city where a young, magic-touched bastard astonishes everyone by becoming king - albeit with extreme reluctance - and a girl with a secret past trains to become a knight for the sole purpose of vengeance.

A half-drowned stranger turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, retired King's Champion, with a hell of a story to tell. The ex-knight may have uncovered a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London's elite. Current King's Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist, still reeling from the betrayal of his lover and the death of his mentor, is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. Then a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot to change the balance of power for good.