SECRET KNIGHT: CONSPIRACY: Arthurian Saga Series Book 1

By Joshua Elliot James

After Guinevere's death Camelot has become a sad and quiet place. King Arthur never shows his face in public anymore. The golden age of chivalry has ended. The Order of the Round Table was broken up, its gallant youth dead or have moved on. Shining armours and beautiful horses are hardly ever seen anymore in Camelot until one day when the first proper knight comes to town. His appearance stirs great excitement in Eric, a young working fellow, who often daydreams about knights and the good old days of Camelot. When he overhears the stranger plotting to kill King Arthur he becomes greatly distressed. Eric risks his own life to save the kingdom and warn the King. Can Eric restore Camelot to its former glory and save the King and save Camelot? CONSPIRACY is the first Book in a series of 5.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joshua Elliot James
• Release date: Mar 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311862334

Joshua Elliot James

I am a fiction writer by passion.I always wanted to be a writer and wrote my first book at the age of ten. But life made me choose a career in software engineering to put bread on the table. Born in New York City to Immigrant parents I decided I wanted to see the world. My job gave me the freedom to work as a contractor in different countries and cities all over the world. I am married to a beautiful German Lady and has a little daughter.I decided to take a break from computer programming to follow my passion of writing Archaeological Mystery as I am also very interested in the history. Right now I am also dabbling with books in other genres which will be published soon.

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SECRET KNIGHT – CONSPIRACY

(Arthurian Saga Series Book 1)

Author: Joshua Elliot James

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Other books by Joshua Elliot James:

Archaeological Mystery Thrillers

The Perfect Killing Machine

The Ruby Red Eyed Beast

The Stolen Da Vinci Manuscripts

The Ancient Gate Into Another World

Contents

Copyright

Other books by Joshua Elliot James

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

About the Author

Chapter 1

It was a blazing afternoon in Camelot, nearing Midsummer's day. The sky was a cerulean blue above the white towers of the castle, and the banners of King Arthur's court stirred gently in the breeze, scarlet and gold. It had not rained for two moons, and the surrounding fields were turning brown in the dry heat. In the narrow sloping streets of the castle town, the warm air shimmered, and light reverberated from the cobble stones. Down in the hottest corner of the narrowest street, Eric Berinon was labouring in the blacksmith's forge.

The sweat poured down his face as he worked the bellows near to the open fire. Eric was seventeen, but tall for his age, broad and strong from his efforts here at the forge. He gazed intently into the fire, brown eyes trained onto the small piece of iron in its depths. With the tongs, he flipped the horseshoe over, and as sparks flew the metal glowed an intense orange. Eric was not the blacksmith's son, though in fact he did rather resemble Hadrian − they shared the same black hair, the same tanned skin and broad shoulders. But Eric had been raised by his grandfather in another part of town. He had come to Hadrian five years ago, bored and restless on a summer's day as hot as this one. Hadrian had taken pity on him, and showed him how to mould little birds and horses from scraps of spare metal. From that day to this, Eric had arrived at the forge every morning with his easy smile, willing to work hard and learn everything Hadrian taught him.

Now, in the summer of his seventeenth year, he was Hadrian's trusted apprentice and friend. The smith was growing older, and whenever possible Eric took on the heavier duties in the forge. Carefully, he used the tongs to transfer the horseshoe from the flames, and dipped it into the water butt. Clouds of steam hissed into the air. Eric examined the metal carefully, checking for flaws or dents. He was shoeing the horse of a strange northern knight today, and he wanted everything to be perfect. He left the shoe cooling on the side and turned back to his work, just as Hadrian came in whistling a tune.

The smith looked over Eric's shoulder at the steaming horseshoe, and made a sound of approval. They may not be father and son, but there was an easy familiarity between the two of them, a comfortable silence. Hadrian held up the basket in his left hand and the clay jug in the other, and smiling, turned on his heel and went back out the door. Eric washed the soot from his hands and followed.

The blacksmith's tiny yard was dominated by the slender trunk and sprawling branches of an apple tree. In the springtime the blossom on this tree was a thing to behold, and in the summer, it offered a welcome green shade against the heat. The two men settled on the bench beneath the tree, and Eric helped himself to cheese and bread from