Once again, Diana L. Paxson has beautifully elaborated on Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved Avalon saga with this dramatic new installment, which for the first time reveals the past of the ancestors of Avalon, from their beginnings on the doomed island of Atlantis to their escape to the mist-shrouded isle of Britain.

On the Isle of Avalon, the Druidic priestess Eilan must guard the ancient rites against the approach of the Roman Empire.

Eilan, a British princess known to the Romans as Helena, banished from Avalon for indulging in a forbidden love, grows to be a wise woman who finds herself in the unique position, as mother of the Emperor Constantine, of having to find a way to bridge the gap between the pagan world of the Goddess and the new Christian empire her son created.

Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.A boy raised in secret after traitors kill his parents will return to Avalon-and when he does, he'll be faced with a...