Nikolai Tolstoy

Merlin's spirit is raised and tells long tale of battles and Irish myth

Not Malory's Arthurian legendary, but rather the Welsh underpinnings of the same. An acquired taste, but one that rewards the patient reader who can appreciate it on its own terms. Alas for the trilogy that might have been, but Tolstoy's devastating loss in a British libel suit ended what promised to be a unique take on the Arthurian mythos.

This was a terrible, rambling book.

So far, this is totally insane in the best possible way.