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500 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1992
“You’re supposed to make a wish on a falling star,” he murmured.
“Did you?”
“I most certainly did. It took two dozen, but you’re finally here.”
“Take my eyes. Take my hands and my limbs. Take anything you wish piece by piece and see how quickly the tide of condemnation would turn. Kill me, aye, and you remove an enemy from power. Torture me, blind me, cripple me, and every knight in the realm would see you for the yellow cur you are.”Enraged by Arthur’s continued defiance, King John brutally murders him. After a brief period of silence, Reginald De Braose (the guard at the door), enters the cell. He discovers not much more than a shapeless lump of bloodied mush and shattered bone where the proud, golden head of the Duke of Brittany should have been, and the king in the throes of an apoplectic fit. The prologue ends with De Braose racing from the cell for help.