"A pleasure to follow [and] a lovely flexing of Griffith's strengths in short form."-The New York Times Book Review "Spectacular-I've been waiting years for this book to exist." -Maria Dahvana Headley, author of Beowulf: A New Translation ** "If Le Guin wrote a Camelot story, I imagine it would feel like Spear : humane, intelligent, and deeply beautiful. It's a new story with very old bones, a strange place that feels like home." -Alix E. Harrow, author of A Spindle Splintered** She left all she knew to find who she could be . . . She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. And when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she decides her future lies at his court. So, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her