The Fort at River's Bend

Gaius Merlin Britannicus, pas një tentative të dështuar për të vrarë Arthurin e vogël, iku nga Camelot. Duke lundruar në veri, të arratisurit mbërrijnë në portin neutral të Ravenglass, mbreti i të cilit është Derek, njeriu që vrau babanë e Arturit dhe përdhunoi nënën e tij. Merlin duhet të shtypë urrejtjen që mbart për atë njeri dhe madje t'i shpëtojë jetën. Në këmbim, atij do t'i jepet një fortesë e vjetër e braktisur nga romakët. I fshehur atje, Merlin do të edukojë dhe trajnojë të riun Arthur të Pendragonit.

This is an historical fiction series about King Arthur, and they are my favorite books of ALL time. Whyte is an amazing author, and his descriptions are amazing. The books tell a realistic story of King Arthur, without all of the magic and sorcery we see in modern myths. These books start off with King Arthur's great great grandfather, and chronicle the family until the death of King Arthur. The charectors are so well developed you feel as if you know them. The other great thing about these books is that they are written in journal-like form. So as different members of the family are "writing" the different books, the writing style and methods change slightly.

A enthralling tale of King Arthur's teenage years which is usually jumped over in the other "Arthurian" texts. It is an epic historical fiction with wonderful detail, lovable characters, and a real sense of just being there.

This was fine. Not a lot happens, and the character development is simply worse than the previous books. Still curious to see how this story ends, but haven’t enjoyed the more recent books as much as the first few.

This is book 5 in The Camulod series by Jack Whyte about the Arthurian legend. It is as gripping as the other 4 that I have read, and its amazing that so far every book has been really good. I can,t tell you how much I am enjoying the series and I will be very very sorry when I get to the end of it, There are another 4 to read so I shall eke them out. A wonderful series that I would defy anyone not to enjoy!!

All in all, this is a placeholder book with very little but preparation for the final projected book in the series. The major plot is not advanced, the subplot, the one about Merlyn's celibacy, is a yawner, and, there are some descriptions of Cumbrian countryside.

This is the 5th novel in Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles. It's hard to review just one of the novels in the series, as the series reads like one long book. This installment finds Caius Merlyn Brittanicus, along with his ward Arthur Pendragon (and a group of others from Camulod), arriving in the lands of Derek of Ravenglass, seeking a place to hide while Arthur matures. We see Arthur grown from a mere boy to a young man. The Fort at River Bend is part one of Metamorphosis, which Whyte intended to be one complete book , and I am eager to continue on to part two, The Sorceror.