After the fall of Camelot, Sir Launcelot fled a broken man, burdened by guilt and waiting for death. But death never came.

Sustained by an ancient spell, the undying knight has wandered through the centuries in search of the Holy Grail, longing for redemption yet fearing he may never be worthy of it. When a chance encounter with enchantress Morgan le Fay reveals the truth behind his immortality, Launcelot is forced to question everything he believes about his curse, his destiny, and the wizard he once served. The legendary magician Merlin Ambrosius is awakening after centuries of bewitched sleep—and he intends to impose his vision of order upon the modern world, no matter the cost. To preserve the ideals of his bygone liege, King Arthur Pendragon, Launcelot must take up his sword once more and decide where his loyalty truly lies. It seems destiny has decided that the greatest knight of Camelot must oppose its most powerful sorcerer, with the fate of humanity at stake.

Winner of the 1980 Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction and later adapted by George R.R. Martin for The Twilight Zone—the first of his television scripts to enter production, kickstarting his celebrated screenwriting career—The Last Defender of Camelot is Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Roger Zelazny’s acclaimed modern reimagining of Arthurian legend. Set in twentieth-century England, this poignant fusion of contemporary fantasy, medieval mythology, dark magic, and philosophical adventure places the timeless conflicts of Camelot within the modern world, exploring chivalry, betrayal, redemption, free will, lost ideals, and the dangerous pursuit of utopia.

Perfect for fans of T. H. White, Mary Stewart, Susan Cooper, Gillian Bradshaw, Patricia A. McKillip, and Guy Gavriel Kay, as well as readers of Arthurian sword-and-sorcery, heroic fantasy, hero's journey, magical quests, chivalric romance, tragic heroes, reawakening immortal warriors, classic monomyth retelling, Matter of Britain literature, and tales of Morgaine / Morgana le Fay, Sir Lancelot du Lac, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table.

"A storyteller without peer. He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable as any our genre has ever seen."  –George R. R. Martin

". . . his performance was never anything other than dazzling."  –Robert Silverberg

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