Book Description

During a time when legends were born . . .A princess obligated to choose a husband, a young Sage ensnared in a web of deceit, and a sword that can determine their destiny.Upon her eighteenth birthday, Princess Elinor of Norvegia must select her husband, the future king, from among a dozen noblemen during a weeklong courtship. As she struggles to decide which man will make the best ruler, she's presented with help-an ancient sword that can be freed from its case only by a man worthy of becoming king.With aspirations to become the wisest man in the land, Maxim is summoned home by his father Rasmus, a Royal Sage. Reunited with Elinor, once his closest friend, Maxim finds himself falling for the princess and unwillingly caught up in Rasmus's scheming to take control of the throne. As danger threatens the kingdom from without, little does Elinor realize the greatest danger to her heart -and the kingdom-comes from those she trusts most. Will she let the powerful sword determine her husband? Or will she follow her heart?The real story of Excalibur.