Jack Whyte Books In Order

Camulod Chronicles Books In Publication Order

  1. The Skystone / War of the Celts (1992)
  2. The Singing Sword / The Round Table (1994)
  3. The Eagles’ Brood / Merlyn (1994)
  4. The Saxon Shore / Excalibur (1995)
  5. The Fort at River’s Bend / The Boy King (1997)
  6. Metamorphosis / The Sorcerer (1997)
  7. Uther / Pendragon (2000)
  8. The Lance Thrower / Clothar The Frank / Lancelot (2003)
  9. The Eagle / The Last Stand (2004)
  10. The Burning Stone (2018)

Templar Trilogy Books In Publication Order

  1. Knights of the Black and White (2006)
  2. Standard of Honor (2007)
  3. Order in Chaos (2009)

Guardians Trilogy Books In Publication Order

  1. The Forest Laird / Rebel (2010)
  2. Robert the Bruce / The Renegade / Resistance (2012)
  3. Uprising / The Guardian (2014)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Forty Years in Canada: A Memoir (2006)

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Jack Whyte Books Overview

The Skystone / War of the Celts

Everyone knows the story how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, how Camelot came to be, and about the power struggles that ultimately destroyed Arthur’s dreams. But what of the time before Arthur and the forces that created him?How did the legend really come to pass?Before the time of Arthur and his Camelot, Britain was a dark and deadly place, savaged by warring factions of Picts, Celts, and invading Saxons. The Roman citizens who had lived there for generations were suddenly faced with a deadly choice: Should they leave and take up residence in a corrupt Roman world that was utterly foreign, or should they stay and face the madness that would ensue when Britain’s last bastion of safety for the civilized, the Roman legions, left?For two Romans, Publius Varrus and his friend Caius Britannicus, there can be only one answer. They will stay, to preserve what is best of Roman life, and will create a new culture out of the wreckage. In doing so, they will unknowingly plant the seeds of legend for these two men are Arthur’s great grandfathers, and their actions will shape a nation…
and forge a sword known as Excalibur.

The Singing Sword / The Round Table

We know the legends: Arthur brought justice to a land that had known only cruelty and force; his father, Uther, carved a kingdom out of the chaos of the fallen Roman Empire; the sword Excalibur, drawn from stone by England’s greatest king. But legends do not tell the whole tale. Legends do not tell of the despairing Roman soldiers, abandoned by their empire, faced with the choice of fleeing back to Rome, or struggling to create a last stronghold against the barbarian onslaughts from the north and east. Legends do not tell of Arthur’s great grandfather, Publius Varrus, the warrior who marked the boundaries of a reborn empire with his own shed blood; they do not tell of Publius’s wife, Luceiia, British born and Roman raised, whose fierce beauty burned pale next to her passion for law and honor. With The Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte tells us what legend has forgotten: the history of blood and violence, passion and steel, out of which was forged a great sword, and a great nation. The Singing Sword continues the gripping epic begun in The Skystone: As the great night of the Dark Ages falls over Roman Britain, a lone man and woman fight to build a last stronghold of law and learning a crude hill fort, which one day, long after their deaths, will become a great city…
known as Camelot.

The Eagles’ Brood / Merlyn

The Eagles Brood continues the saga of the Colony known as Camulod, and the tale of the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for the Celt and Roman peoples when the Roman legions departed Britain.

Most know the new leader of the Colony as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Cauis Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for their safety, and all look to him for guidance, leadership, justice, and salvation. It is a harsh life but a good community, and Merlyn is dedicated to spreading the influence of Roman culture beyond the Colony’s borders.

Uther Pendragon, the man who will father the legendary Arthur, is the cousin Merlyn has known and loved since they were birthed, four hours apart on the same day, the year the legions left Britain. He is the tireless warrior the red dragon to Merlyn s great silver bear and between the two of them, the Colony knows few enemies.

As different as they can be, they are inseparable: two faces of the same coin. In a world torn apart by warfare and upheaval, each is the other s certainty and guarantee of the survival of the Colony…
until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyn s life, drives a wedge between them. A wedge that threatens the fate of a nation…
.

The Saxon Shore / Excalibur

Merlyn Britannicus and Uther Pendragon The Silver Bear and The Red Dragon are the leaders of the Colony, lifeblood to the community from which will come the fabled Camulod. But soon their tranquility is in ruins, Uther lies dead following treachery…
and all that is left of the dream is the orphaned babe Arthur. Heir to the Colony of Camulod, born with Roman heritage, as well as the royal blood of the Hibernians and the Celts, Arthur is the living incarnation of the sacred dream of his ancestors: independent survival in Britain amidst the ruins of the Roman Empire. When Arthur is adopted by his cousin, Caius Merlyn Britannicus, an enormous responsibility is placed upon Merlyn’s shoulders. Now he must prepare young Arthur to unify the clans of Britain and guard the mighty sword Excalibur, crafted by his great uncle Publius Varrus. Above all, Merlyn must see that Arthur survives to achieve his ancestors’ dreams in spite of the deadly threats rumbling from the Saxon Shore.

The Fort at River’s Bend / The Boy King

Merlyn Britannicus, leader of the Colony known as Camulod, is faced with the task of educating his young charge, Arthur, future King of the Britons. Fearing for the life of his nephew when an assassination attempt goes awry, Merlyn takes Arthur and his boyhood companions Gwin, Ghilleadh, and Bedwyr, on a journey that will take them to the ruins of a long abandoned Roman fort far from Camulod and the only place where Merlyn feels they will be safe. It is there that Merlyn will enlist the help of this close knit group of friends to help Arthur learn the skills of a warrior and the tough lessons of justice, honor, and the responsibilities of leadership. Arthur is just a boy…
but the day is not far off when he will have to claim the sword that is his birthright: Excalibur. Beyond their idyllic retreat, forces are coming together to threaten the tenuous peace of Camulod. In Cambria, the death of Arthur’s father, Uther, has left his people leaderless and vulnerable. And in Cornwall, Merlyn faces the greatest threat yet from the gathering forces of his enemy, Peter Ironhair, and his monstrous friend, Carthac men who have sworn to destroy Merlyn and all he holds dear. How can Merlyn prepare young Arthur to be a ruler of men if he continues to train him in isolation? Does the advantage of taking him back to the world outweigh the threat to his life from those who would stop at nothing to see him dead? The life of young Arthur Pendragon is at a crossroads. In the end Merlyn must decide to risk the dream and the life of his young charge if a united Britain is ever to be made real. The Fort at River’s Bend is the first part of The Sorcerer, the fifth novel in Jack Whyte’s compelling Arthurian cycle.

Metamorphosis / The Sorcerer

Merlyn Britannicus, leader of the Colony known as Camulod, is faced with the task of educating his young charge, Arthur, future King of the Britons. Fearing for the life of his nephew when an assassination attempt goes awry, Merlyn takes Arthur and his boyhood companions Gwin, Ghilleadh, and Bedwyr, on a journey that will take them to the ruins of a long abandoned Roman fort far from Camulod and the only place where Merlyn feels they will be safe. It is there that Merlyn will enlist the help of this close knit group of friends to help Arthur learn the skills of a warrior and the tough lessons of justice, honor, and the responsibilities of leadership. Arthur is just a boy…
but the day is not far off when he will have to claim the sword that is his birthright: Excalibur. Beyond their idyllic retreat, forces are coming together to threaten the tenuous peace of Camulod. In Cambria, the death of Arthur’s father, Uther, has left his people leaderless and vulnerable. And in Cornwall, Merlyn faces the greatest threat yet from the gathering forces of his enemy, Peter Ironhair, and his monstrous friend, Carthac men who have sworn to destroy Merlyn and all he holds dear. How can Merlyn prepare young Arthur to be a ruler of men if he continues to train him in isolation? Does the advantage of taking him back to the world outweigh the threat to his life from those who would stop at nothing to see him dead? The life of young Arthur Pendragon is at a crossroads. In the end Merlyn must decide to risk the dream and the life of his young charge if a united Britain is ever to be made real. The Fort at River’s Bend is the first part of The Sorcerer, the fifth novel in Jack Whyte’s compelling Arthurian cycle.

Uther / Pendragon

With Uther, Jack Whyte, author of the richly praised Camulod Chronicles, has given us a portrait of Uther Pendragon, Merlyn’s shadow his boyhood companion and closest friend. And the man who would sire the King of the Britons. From the trials of boyhood to the new cloak of adult responsibility, we see Uther with fresh eyes. He will travel the length of the land, have adventures, and, through fate or tragedy, fall in love with the one woman he must not have. Uther is a compelling love story and, like the other books in the Camulod Chronicles, a version of the legend that is more realistic than anything that has been available to readers before.

The Lance Thrower / Clothar The Frank / Lancelot

Jack Whyte has written a lyrical epic, retelling the myths behind the boy who would become the Man Who Would Be King Arthur Pendragon. He has shown us, as Diana Gabaldon said, ‘the bone beneath the flesh of legend.’ In his last book in this series, we witnessed the young king pull the sword from the stone and begin his journey to greatness. Now we reach the tale itself how the most shining court in history was made. Clothar is a young man of promise. He has been sent from the wreckage of Gaul to one of the few schools remaining, where logic and rhetoric are taught along with battle techniques that will allow him to survive in the cruel new world where the veneer of civilization is held together by barbarism. He is sent by his mentor on a journey to aid another young man: Arthur Pendragon. He is a man who wants to replace barbarism with law, and keep those who work only for destruction at bay. He is seen, as the last great hope for all that is good. Clothar is drawn to this man, and together they build a dream too perfect to last and, with a special woman, they share a love that will nearly destroy them all…
The name of Clothar may be unknown to modern readers, for tales change in the telling through centuries. But any reader will surely know this heroic young man as well as they know the man who became his king. Hundreds of years later, chronicles call Clothar, the Lance Thrower, by a much more common name. That of Lancelot.

The Eagle / The Last Stand

Beginning with The Skystone, the first in his riveting Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte has embarked on an ambitious and remarkable re telling of the Arthurian cycle, giving us a fresh and compelling take on a story that has been beloved for centuries. The Eagle brings us at last to the heart of the tale, the creation of fabled Camelot and the love story that enshrined its glory. Whyte takes us into the minds and lives of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, three astonishing but fallible people who were bound together by honor, loyalty, and love. Three who created the glory that was Britain’s shining dream and, some say, caused its downfall. The Gaulish nobleman Clothar known in our time as Lancelot is drawn to the young High King’s court by tales of honor and nobility, where he meets a man whose love of law matches his own. More, he finds in Arthur a life long friend whose dream of uniting the people of Britain in peace Clothar embraces. And Clothar meets Arthur’s queen, a wondrous beauty whose passion and ideals match those of her husband. Together they work to bring Arthur’s dream to life. But dark forces rise in opposition to Arthur’s plans for creating this noble island nation and it is hard to tell friend from foe in the swirling chaos that ensues. Many tales have been told of the dream that shined and died. This one will astonish even the most jaded.

Knights of the Black and White

A brother of the Order a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself.

Standard of Honor

The second novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars, from the author of the immensely popular Camulod Chronicles.

In 1187 one of the few survivors of the Battle of Hattin, young Scots Templar Alexander Sinclair, escapes into the desert despite his wounds. Sinclair has learned about the execution of the surviving Templars after the battle, so when he is rescued, he says nothing of his own standing among the Order of the Temple. Sinclair is one of the Inner Sanctum of the Order a member of the ancient Brotherhood of Sion, a secret society within the secret society.

Two years after the battle, Sir Henry St. Clair is awakened after midnight by a visit from his liege lord, Richard the Lionheart. King Richard is assembling an army to free the Holy Land from the grip of Saladin and his Saracens, and he wants Sir Henry, his first and favorite teacher, to sail with him as his master atarms. The old man is unwilling to go he neither likes nor trusts Richard, having found him both a sad*ist and an egomaniac. But his future, and that of his young son Andr , a rising knight in the order, depends on his allegiance to Richard. Sir Henry knows that Andr worships his older cousin, Alexander Sinclair of the Scottish branch of their family, who has been in the Holy Land for years. Alexander will be an ally in an unfamiliar land. Sir Henry agrees to go despite serious misgivings about Richard, and his motives for war.

From the moment the first soldiers of the Third Crusade set foot in the Holy Land, the story of the three templars unfolds as the events of the campaign and the political and personal intrigues of the Crusade’s leaders again bring the St. Clair family and the Order to the edge of disaster.

Order in Chaos

The third novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars, from the author of the immensely popular Camulod Chronicles. Order in Chaos begins just prior to Friday the thirteenth of October 1307, the original Day of Infamy that marked the abrupt end of the Order of the Templars. On that day, without warning, King Philip IV sent his armies to arrest every Templar in France in a single morning. Then, with the aid of Pope Clement V, he seized all the Temple assets and set the Holy Inquisition against the Order. Forewarned at the last minute by the Grand Master himself, who has discovered the king’s plot too late to thwart it, Sir William St. Clair flees France with the Temple’s legendary treasure, taking with him several hundred knights, along with the Scots born widow of a French Baron, the Lady Jessica Randolph. As time pas*ses and the evidence of the French King’s treachery becomes incontestable, St. Clair finds himself increasingly disillusioned and decides, on behalf of his Order, to abandon the past. He releases his men from their ‘sacred’ vows of papal obedience and leads them into battle as Temple Knights one last time, in support of King Robert Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn. And in the aftermath of victory, he takes his surviving men away in search of another legend: the fabled land, mentioned in Templar lore, that lies beyond the Western Ocean and is known as Merica.

The Forest Laird / Rebel

In the pre dawn hours of August 24th, 1305, in London’s Smithfield Prison, the outlaw William Wallace hero of all the Scots and deadly enemy of King Edward of England sits awaiting the dawn, when he is to be hanged and then drawn and quartered. This brutal sundering of his body is the revenge of the English. Wallace is visited by a Scottish priest who has come to hear his last confession, a priest who knows Wallace like a brother. Wallace’s confession the tale that follows is all the more remarkable because it comes from real life. We follow Wallace through his many lives as outlaw and fugitive, hero and patriot, rebel and kingmaker. His exploits and escapades, desperate struggles and victorious campaigns are all here, as are the high ideals and fierce patriotism that drove him to abandon the people he loved to save his country. William Wallace is the first heroic figure from the Scottish Wars of Independence, a man whose fame has reached far beyond his homeland. Wallace served as a subject for the Academy Award winning film Braveheart. In The Forest Laird, Jack Whyte s masterful storytelling breathes life into Wallace’s tale, giving readers an amazing character study of the man who helped shape Scotland s future.

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