The Skystone: The Dream of Eagles

Jack Whyte

Macmillan, Aug 1, 2004 - Fiction - 512 pages

THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING

Everyone knows the story--we know how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, how Camelot came to be, and about the power struggles that ultimately destroyed Arthur's dreams. But what of the time before Arthur, and the forces that created him?

How did the legend really come to pass?

Before the time of Arthur and his Camelot, Britain was a dark and deadly place, savaged by warring factions of Picts, Celts, and invading Saxons. The Roman citizens who had lived there for generations were suddenly faced with a deadly choice. Should they leave and take up residence in a corrupt Roman world that was utterly foreign? Or should they stay and face the madness that would ensue when Britain's last bastion of safety for the civilized, the Roman legions, left?

For two Romans, Publius Varrus and his friend Caius Britannicus, there can be only one answer. They will stay, to preserve what is best of Roman life, and will create a new culture out of the wreckage. In doing so, they will unknowingly plant the seeds of legend--for these two men are Arthur's great-grandfathers, and their actions will shape a nation...and forge a sword known as Excalibur.

What people are saying

Review: The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles #1)

User Review  - Nick - Goodreads

Skystone by Jack Whyte is an interesting take on the King Arthur legend. Most of the tales of King Arthur focus on the mystical aspect. What Whyte attempts to do in this the first book of the Camulod ...

Review: The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles #1)

User Review  - Dirck de Lint - Goodreads

The series is a rather good effort at retelling the Arthurian story as historically plausible, and this first book in the series is possibly the best of the bunch. The historical flavour is well ...

Contents

• Section 1: 61
• Section 2: 81
• Section 3: 95
• Section 4: 117
• Section 5: 132
• Section 6: 143
• Section 7: 179
• Section 8: 194
• Section 9: 211
• Section 10: 225
• Section 11: 249
• Section 12: 263
• Section 13: 277
• Section 14: 290
• Section 15: 322
• Section 16: 366
• Section 17: 395
• Section 18: 410
• Section 19: 469
• Section 20: 491

About the author

Jack Whyte is a Scots-born, award-winning Canadian author whose poem, The Faceless One, was featured at the 1991 New York Film Festival. The Camulod Chronicles is his greatest work, a stunning retelling of one of our greatest legends: the making of King Arthur’s Britain. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Skystone: The Dream of Eagles; Volume 1 of Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte
• Author: Jack Whyte
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2004
• ISBN: 0765350696, 9780765350695
• Length: 512 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Fantasy / Historical