Fantasy parody of the Arthurian myths/books in which King Arthur appears in modern-day New York in the guise of one Arthur Penn, and decides to run for mayor of the city. With his refreshing and bold new ideas, he quickly gains notoriety with the help (?) of Merlin, now in the form of an eight-year-old boy, Gwen DeVere, his secretary, and Percy Vale, his accountant as well as a host of other familiar characters. I thought the humor was a bit forced at times, but it was quite funny in other places. Full of puns and wordplay, but not as skillfully written as the author’s later fantasy parodies featuring Sir Apropos of Nothing, which I REALLY enjoyed. This one was good, but not great. ( )

Fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny! Peter David has taken a somewhat goofy idea - King Arthur coming back and running for mayor of New York City - and managed to create real characters from mythic archetypes. The book is light-hearted but also has heart in all the right places. ( )

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Merlin has escaped from the cave Nimue imprisoned him in, and has in turn released Arthur Pendragon from the cave he was entombed in after Mordred wounded him. In modernday New York Arthur meets up with the reincarnated Genevieve and faithful knight Percival as he runs for mayor. Morgaine, Arthurs sister, and Mordred, their son, tries to destroy Arthur and Merlin.
A funny fastpaced read, but not extremely engaging. ( )