A YOUNG WARLORD ARISES Arthur, at age fifteen, has won a great battle between British and Saxon forces, seizing the day from his own supreme commander, Ambrosius Aurelianus. This his first battle win inspires the young Arthur to begin his rise to take full control of Britain's armies with the aid of his first cousin, Medraut, the son of Lot, Uthyr's Pendragon's younger brother. Yet Arthur's rise becomes Bedwyr's greatest challenge: Prince Bedwyr, called the Fox, and Arthur's foster-brother, is the narrator of 'The Silurian' series, and it is through his eyes, through his power and passion, that the great saga of Arthur's life in seen and told. Yet life with the charismatic Arthur is not always easy for the Fox-for Arthur is a challenge in himself. And when Arthur's power rises, Bedwyr's life begins a downward slide into rebellion, and he leaves on a lone path of confusion to fight his inner demons, to find who he really is as his great friend and foster-brother rises higher and higher-high enough for the young Arthur to face his own father, Uthyr, in battle for the right to fly the Red Dragon banner of the Pendragon Warlords. Arthur's battles will one day make Bedwyr the Fox a hero, if only he can stand firm as Arthur's first man, his shield-bearer and brother-in-arms; stand to tell the tale of The Silurian in his own passionate words.

The Silurian, book Seven: The Wounded Bear. A GREAT KING IS A HOSTAGE NOW Arthur has gone missing, and of course, it is up to the Fox to find him, but the rumours are strong that the Saxons have taken the Bear as their hostage with the aid of the Romani Church; that the Bear is more than wounded, but already dead. And in the vacant place where Arthur ruled supreme, his traitor cousin Medraut now begins his campaign to take Arthur's place; to raise the Red Dragon over his own head and declare himself Arthur's heir. But there comes an unexpected enemy standing over both Arthur and Medraut--another son of Lot has arisen in the north, and it is Medraut's challenge to join or defeat him. And always the Fox stands at Arthur's side, where some of their battles this time prove the hardest for both Arthur and Bedwyr to fight: Branca, the Queen of the Picts, is now their enemy and boasting that her army of female warriors will finish the Bear forever.

THE SILURIAN, BOOK Five: Facing the Bear THERE IS NONE GREATER Here begins Arthur's greatest battle and Britain's greatest victory over the Saxon and Angle alliance as they seek to wipe Arthur's forces from the land. The Angles, led by Arthur's old enemy, the Atheling Colgrin, begin their invasion at Badon Hill, where Colgrin and his force of eight thousand war-dogs face the Bear's two thousand in their last and devastating conflict. Will Arthur stand up to the unbelievable pressures of his command? Or is this the end of his sense of duty to Britain? The fifth astounding book in The Silurian series, Facing the Bear, will take Arthur, Bedwyr and Medraut to the very summit of ultimate power...

THE SILURIAN, BOOK Six: THE FOX on the Water A MIGHTY SAGA OVER THE SEA Arthur is gone from Britain, over the seas to fight for his Breton allies, and Bedwyr is left behind. Arthur is gone for years, and how long can the Fox stand being separated in this cruel way? Always rebellious, Bedwyr leaves his homeland and barters for passage to Armorica on a Norseman's long-boat, sailing him over the 'Whale Roads' to find Arthur and bring him home to Britain. Now in a new land to chase the king; a land where Merlin had prophesied that Bedwyr would die in battle, the Fox fights again to the ends of his endurance for Arthur, defying the old druid's prophesy, before returning home to Britain to once again to face death, reunions, betrayals, and changes so great, the final casting of his spear sees the Fox and the Bear take their first steps to Avalon...

The Silurian, Book Three: LONGHAND, WHITE-TOOTH, AND THE FOX A GREAT PRINCE ARISES The Fox is taken prisoner by the Dynasty of Cadwallon Longhand, and his cruel and ambitious brother, Owen White-tooth, both of the powerful clan of the Gwynedd Gododdin, who seek to keep Arthur from rising to take absolute rule of Britain as Imperator. The Men of Gwynedd force the Fox into the army of Cadwallon Longhand to fight for the Hound Clan, where he is used in the hope of thwarting any further rise of Arthur's power, for only Bedwyr knows how Arthur fights and wins, only Bedwyr knows the Silurian's heart and way, and for it, Longhand imprisons the Fox in his stronghold of Rhos: here Bedwyr is forced to marry into the Dynasty of Longhand and White-tooth, here he is abused and beaten. Away from Arthur's battles, the Fox's journey is arduous. And it is here, separated from his beloved foster-brother that Bedwyr becomes a powerful prince and warrior in his own right: a man that other warlords fight over to gain for themselves the power of the Fox's sword-arm. But Bedwyr is sworn only to Arthur, and he waits for the inevitable day when Arthur invades Gwynedd with his army to claim back his lost brother.

The Silurian, Book Four: The One-Armed Warrior BROTHERS DIVIDED Returned to the Clan Bear on the eve of a massive Saxon invasion, the Fox is now High Prince of Gwynedd. He is re-united with Arthur, and about to face a far greater challenge than anything gone before--time to face a battle that will bring great loss along with its glory in victory. This loss changes the Fox forever. For this is the cost of being Arthur's most powerful warrior, as Arthur himself pays a terrible price for his invincible power. Even Medraut, Arthur's embattled cousin, loses to his father, Lot; and loss binds the three men in a way they have never known before. And yet it is Bedwyr's loss that seals their future fates. As the Fox struggles to survive this loss, as Arthur gives up what he loves to stay at Bedwyr's side, in the end, their struggles divide them once again; as the Fox rises, he falls; as he is re-united, he is torn from the Bear's side by his own wild pain, for what is one warlord's loss, is another's gain. From what Bedwyr had once escaped, he now returns to win battles of his own. A force to be reckoned with, the Fox heals himself with the aid of a simple blacksmith, and here again, becomes Arthur's greatest friend and champion.

The Silurian, Book 2: THE KING OF BATTLES: AN INVINCIBLE COMMADER ARISES Arthur is now Supreme Commander of Armies in Britannia and just about to begin his annihilating South Saxon campaign, leading his army, now known as the Clan Bear, into the south coast weald where the Saxons have made inroads into British territory. On this campaign, Arthur and his young warrior army destroy the Saxons in battle after battle, a ruthless campaign of fire and superior tactics that pushes the Clan Bear to their limits, pushing the Fox into days of battle-madness and wild anguish as he fights and kills in a relentless need to be Arthur's greatest warrior and champion. And yet it is Medraut, Arthur's cousin, who is pushed too hard and too far, as now, traitors sworn to Medraut's side begin to arise from within the ranks of Arthur's army--traitors too small to threaten Arthur's power now. Still unassailable in his rise, the legend of Arthur as an invincible warrior has already begun, and he breaks the Saxons, and returns home victorious; but not without payment to be had. In the aftermath of battle, it is time for the Bear to return to his land of birth, to Siluria, and there seek out the last living souls of his mother's people; those who survive from their battles against Arthur's father, Uthyr Pendragon. Yet going home causes even more troubles for both Arthur and Bedwyr to overcome, troubles that charge the two young warriors into the sinister hearts of traitors, whose rebellion forces the Fox and the Bear to become more than warriors, but killers.

UNFORTUNATE PUBLISHING presents, THE SILURIAN, Book 8, LAST MAN TO AVALON THE KING OF THE FUTURE The final book of The Silurian series is the road to Avalon, paved with death and endings; the advent of a new age that is dark with the fall of Arthur-and Bedwyr fights to the last of his strength to keep his warrior-king alive. Yet their lives have come full circle, and all efforts to save Arthur from falling is futile, as Arthur himself knows his destiny is to die on the battlefield of traitors: Arthur's famous final conflict, the Battle of Camlann ends them all: all but the Last Man-and there is nothing in this world that Bedwyr can do now to stop Arthur's immortal journey to Avalon.

Set entirely in the Dark Ages of post-Roman Britain, The Silurian is the story of King Arthur told in a way that has never been told before; a first person narrative spoken in grim detail by Prince Bedwyr, The Fox. He tells honestly of his life with Arthur, of warriors who live in Dark Age war-bands, committed to their commanders and wielding swords that break. The story begins in Book One, The Fox and the Bear, when Arthur is fifteen and Bedwyr sixteen. Arthur has just won a huge battle against the mighty Jutes, Hengist and Horsa, and in doing so, will change the face of British history. And yet this is as much Bedwyr's story as Arthur's - for the Prince of Dogfeiling does not always find life with the Wonder-boy, Arthur, easy to deal with; and army life is killing him slowly ... the journey to power is a massive struggle, and Arthur's rise to take the Supreme Command of Britain's army brings great suffering for all of them.