The Time of the Raven — Charles R. Dowling

On a windswept moor near the ancient shrine at Stonehenge, a conference to discuss differences takes place at a meeting where no weapons are allowed. Three hundred British leaders are massacred by Saxon warriors who came to the council with knives hidden in their boots. The occurrence passes into infamy as “The Night of the Long Knives” and ushers onto the scene twenty-five years of continual strife and bloodshed and the beginning of a century long war between Briton and Saxon. Into this bubbling cauldron of treachery and hate comes Arthur, the future King. Merlin, the Raven, is tasked with the mission of raising a boy into a warrior and king that can unite the people and conquer the enemy. Even he is surprised at the depth of the challenges that face them and the ability of his charge to meet them. But can any man, even a budding legend, overcome the treachery of those that seek to kill them all?