In this rousing postcript to Lawhead's bardic Pendragon Cycle (Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, Grail), such a monstrous evil stalks near-future Britain that an ancient Welsh prophecy will be fulfilled: the Thames will reverse its course, Avalon will rise again from the cold gray sea and Arthur will return. As Britain's King Edward the Ninth dies, a power-hungry prime minister is about to realize his darkest plan -- the total destruction of the British monarchy in the 21st century. Only one man can stop him: James Arthur Stuart who discovers that he is the legendary Arthur reborn -- as foretold. Aided by Merlin, Arthur realizes he is not the only one to return from the mists. "It has been fortold: In the hour of Britain's greatest need, King Arthur will return to rescue his people." But the road to England's salvation is rocky and dangerous, with powerful waiting to ambush: Waring and his ruthless political machine...and the agents of an ancient, far more potent evil. For Arthur is not the only one who has returned from the mists of legend. And Merlin's magic is not the only sorcery that has survived the centuries. Lawhead pulls off a genuinely moving parable of good and evil.