Galatine’s Curse
T.J. Green
(Tom’s Arthurian Legacy, #3)
Publication date: March 20th 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
An ancient sword. A dark secret. A new enemy.
In the third book in the series, Tom has established a new life in the Otherworld, a life he loves. He lives with Arthur in New Camelot, and Arthur is hosting a tournament. Eager to test his sword-fighting skills, Tom’s competing. But while the games are being played, his friends are attacked and everything he loves is threatened. Tom has to find the intruder before anyone else gets hurt.
Tom’s sword, Galatine, seems to be the focus of these attacks. Their investigations uncover Galatine’s dark history and a terrible betrayal that a family has kept secret for generations. But this secret now puts others at risk, including Tom, and he realises that he could lose everything unless he can solve the mystery of his sword’s past.
Galatine’s Curse is the third book in the YA Arthurian fantasy series, Tom’s Arthurian Legacy. If you enjoy magic and mystery, a strong group of characters and Arthurian fantasy, then you’ll love this action-filled adventure.
Buy Galatine’s Curse for your thrilling new fantasy adventure today!
Background to Galatine’s Curse
There are three books in my series Tom’s Arthurian Legacy - so far. The first one, Tom’s Inheritance is about Tom entering the Other with his cousin Beansprout and finding he has to wake King Arthur to fight a powerful enemy. Twice Born is about Nimue and Merlin, and a bit of a twist on the old legend about what happened to Merlin. It also develops the Otherworld, introduces new characters and develops existing ones. For Galatine’s Curse I really wanted to show some growth in Tom and Beansprout as well as explore back-story.
I always do research on Arthurian characters, places and weapons, and incorporate several into my books. Like many other Arthurian writers, we keep the parts we love and grow them. According to the myths and legends about King Arthur, Excalibur was created by a faerie forger on Avalon and given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake. Galatine was the name of Gawain’s sword, but I couldn’t find any history to Galatine, other than it was again given by the Lady of the Lake, so this gave me lots of license!
In Twice Born it’s the Forger of Light who made Excalibur, but there’s a bit of a mystery about what he did to upset the Sylphs who live in the Realm of Air. I thought that might be interesting to explore. Also Tom is given Galatine, and I thought it would be great to give that some back-story. I ended up combining the two to form the plot for Galatine’s Curse. If the Forger of Light made Excalibur, why not Galatine? And what if Galatine originally belonged to someone else?
Having his own famous sword has spurred Tom on too, so he’s learning lots of new skills which he puts to use at Arthur’s tournament. And of course Arthur has a castle now, so it had to be New Camelot.
What else happens in Galatine’s Curse ? The gang is back together - my core characters and Tom’s friends. Tom goes to a Realm he’s never been to before - The Realm of Fire, Beansprout is exploring magic with Nimue, Granddad is back, and so is Bloodmoon! He’s lots of fun too.
I can’t give too much away, but Galatine’s Curse is action packed. I hope you enjoy reading it. I’ve already got a few ideas for book 4. The Lady of the Lake is back!
Author Bio:
T J Green was born in England, but moved to New Zealand 10 years ago. She currently lives near Wellington with her partner and her cats Sacha and Leia. When not writing she does lots of reading, gardening and yoga.
In a previous life she's been a singer in a band, and has done some acting with a theatre company - both of which were lots of fun. On occasions she and a few friends make short films, which begs the question, where are the book trailers? Thinking on it ...
Tom's Inheritance is TJ Green's first book in the series Tom’s Arthurian Legacy, the sequel Twice Born was released in February 2017. Galatine’s Curse, book 3, will be released in March 2018. She is also working on a few short stories which further expand the world of Tom in the Other.
Her new project is an urban fantasy series about witches.
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