The Great King Arthur, the invincible leader of the Britons, successfully resisted the Saxon conquerors, established the knightly Order of the Round Table, at which everyone was equal. And although the historical truth is buried in that long-ago era of great changes, the great migration of peoples and rapidly emerging and disappearing kingdoms, the veil of the past is lifted before us by the power of the writing talent of Bernard Cornwell. Britain of the 6th century. Arthur, the illegitimate son of High King Uther, seeks to unite the disparate kingdoms of the Britons in order to jointly drive out the invaders from his native land. After the victory in Lugg Vale, Arthur's dream is close to coming true, but his plans are destroyed by the betrayal of his overly ambitious wife Guinevere and close friend Lancelot. However, the spirit of the leader of the Britons, nicknamed the Enemy of God, is not so easily broken. The second novel in the trilogy about the legendary commander-king Arthur, imbued with the spirit of true History.