Buxton Books is excited to host local author, Signe Pike, for a virtual book release of THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 PM.
She’ll be discussing and reading passages from her newest book in the trilogy (without spoilers, of course!). Guests who preordered copies + order the book during the event will be entered to win fun giveaways from Signe Pike and Buxton Books!
Guests will receive the Zoom link and password emailed to them the day of the event by 5 PM. To RSVP, please email Monica@buxtonbooks.com or call us at 843-723-1670.
Preorder a copy of THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM by Friday, Sep. 11 at 9 am will receive a personalized copy signed by Signe Pike, a special edition bookmark + entry to a private VIP cocktail hour with the author (begins at 6:30 PM, September 15). To preorder, visit this link. (THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT)
About the Book:
The story continues in The Forgotten Kingdom, the second book in the epic Lost Queen trilogy, already hailed as “Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of Things We Say in the Dark) and “The Mists of Avalon for a new generation” (Linnea Hartsuyker, author of The Golden Wolf).
AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to wage war against her brother, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter, Angharad, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history scatters its survivors to the wind, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands, while nine-year-old Angharad must summon all Lailoken has taught her and follow her own destiny through the mysterious, mystical land of the Picts.
In the aftermath of the battle, old political alliances unravel, opening the way for the ambitious adherents of the new religion: Christianity. Lailoken is half-mad with battle sickness, and Languoreth must hide her allegiance to the Old Way to survive her marriage to the next Christian king of Strathclyde. Worst yet, the new King of the Angles is bent on expanding his kingdom at any cost. Now the exiled Lailoken, with the help of a young warrior named Artur, may be the only man who can bring the Christians and the pagans together to defeat the encroaching Angles. But to do so, he must claim the role that will forever transform him. He must become the man known to history as “Myrddin.”
Bitter rivalries are ignited, lost loves are found, new loves are born, and old enemies come face-to-face with their reckoning in this compellingly fresh look at one of the most enduring legends of all time.