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The Road to Camelot is a collection of stories told by Australian fantasy writers based on the Arthurian legends.

Is hero or heroine born or made? Is someone good or evil from the start? What drives the destiny of those whose names have come down to us in legend?The people of Arthurian legend have never ceased to fascinate us. But what were they really like, as kids, before they knew their destiny? Fourteen of Australia's best writers of fantasy have imagined what it's like to be a child of destiny. Join Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Lancelot, Morgana and others as they set out on the road to Camelot (Libraries Australia).

'Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall. Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies with them, in the Old Kingdom. But here in Ancelstierre, Nick faces an obstacle that is not entirely human, with a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself.

With "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case," Garth Nix continues to explore the magical world of the Abhorsen Trilogy. In additional short stories that range from two widely different takes on the Merlin myth to a gritty urban version of Hansel and Gretel and a heartbreaking story of children and war, Garth Nix displays the range and versatility that has made him one of today's leading writers of fantasy for readers of all ages' (Amazon).