# Spear - Hardcover

by **Nicola Griffith** (Author)

**Winner of the ADCI Literary Prize**  
**Winner of the _L.A. Times_ Ray Bradbury Prize  
****Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel**

**"\[A\] queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era."****\--_Los Angeles Times_**  
**"A pleasure to follow \[and\] a lovely flexing of Griffith's strengths in short form."** **\--_The New York Times Book Review_**

**"Spectacular--I've been waiting years for this book to exist." --Maria Dahvana Headley, author of _Beowulf: A New Translation_**  
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"If Le Guin wrote a Camelot story, I imagine it would feel like _Spear_: humane, intelligent, and deeply beautiful. It's a new story with very old bones, a strange place that feels like home." --Alix E. Harrow, author of _A Spindle Splintered_**

**A _Shelf Awareness_ Best of the Year pick**  
**A _Vulture_ Best Fantasy of the Year pick**

_She left all she knew to find who she could be . . ._

She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. And when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she decides her future lies at his court. So, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and sets out on her bony gelding for Caer Leon.

With her stolen hunting spear and mended armour, she is an unlikely hero, not a chosen one, but one who forges her own bright path. Aflame with determination, she begins a journey of magic and mystery, love, lust and fights to death. On her adventures, she will steal the hearts of beautiful women, fight warriors and sorcerers, and make a place to call home.

The legendary author of _Hild_ returns with an unforgettable hero and a queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era. Nicola Griffith's _Spear_ is a spellbinding vision of the Camelot we've longed for, a Camelot that belongs to us all.

### Author Biography

Nicola Griffith (she/her) is a dual UK/US citizen living in Seattle. She is the author of award-winning novels including _Hild_ and _Ammonite_, and her shorter work has appeared in _Nature_, _New Scientist_, _New York Times_, etc. She is the founder and co-host of #CripLit, holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, and enjoys a ferocious bout of wheelchair boxing. She is married to novelist and screenwriter Kelley Eskridge.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.1 x 5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 19, 2022

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