Arthur

Arthur de Caldicot lives in the March of Wales in the years 1199 and 1200. He is a second son, so he has no lands waiting for him, and he struggles with his swordsmanship because he is left-handed.

His friend Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone. Through it Arthur watches scenes from the childhood of the legendary King Arthur and from his rise toward the crown. The visions follow Arthur's own life so closely that he starts to wonder whether the stone is showing him what lies ahead.

On his fourteenth birthday Arthur learns that his true father is Sir William de Gortanore. That makes him heir to a substantial manor. It also breaks his engagement to Grace, since she is in fact his half-sister.

The book is historical fiction with a legend running alongside it, so two stories unfold in parallel, one medieval and one Arthurian. It follows a boy growing up and finding out who he is. It closes as young Arthur becomes a squire, with the road toward knighthood ahead of him.