Lev Grossman discusses and signs THE BRIGHT SWORD at B&N Upper West Side!

For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.” —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame

“If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who don’t often get as much story time as they deserve. The creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.”
—George R. R. Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones

Join B&N on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, July 16 at 7 PM , as we welcome Lev Grossman, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy, as he returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium in THE BRIGHT SWORD.

Lev Grossman will be in conversation with Jenna Seery for a live taping of POURED OVER, at this special event.

This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition of THE BRIGHT SWORD has four-color endpapers and a bonus essay by Lev Grossman.

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**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CHANGING COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS**

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

TICKET INFORMATION:

**THERE ARE TWO TICKET OPTIONS:

**Book Admission Ticket- $38.11 : **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:

A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• One copy the B&N Exclusive edition of THE BRIGHT SWORD
• Admission to the event space for the live podcast taping and signing line with Lev Grossman.

**General Admission Ticket : **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:

A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• Admission to the event space for the live podcast taping with Lev Grossman.
• You must purchase a copy of THE BRIGHT SWORD at B&N UWS to join the signing line.

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About THE BRIGHT SWORD:

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.

They aren’t the hero's of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.

But Arthur’s death has revealed Britain’s fault lines. God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthur’s half-sister Morgan le Fay. Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot they’ll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britain’s dark past.

The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It also sheds a fresh light on Arthur’s Britain, a diverse, complex nation struggling to come to terms with its bloody history. The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.

About Lev Grossman:

Lev Grossman is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy—The Magicians, The Magician King, and The Magician’s Land—which has been published in thirty countries and adapted as a TV show that ran for five seasons on SYFY. He is also a screenwriter and the author of two children’s books, The Golden Swift and The Silver Arrow, and his journalism has appeared in Time, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, among many other places. He lives with his wife and children in New York City.