This is the saga of Guinevere, but it is like no other chronicle of the queen that you have ever read. Headlee has dug deep into the history of this period and found a heroine who could kick the medieval ass of any of the fair maidens who have come before her. Dawnflight is the story of the warrior, the Chieftainess, the woman, Guinevere. Scotland, at this time, is a land at war. Rome is continuing its spread across the globe.
Clans await the slightest opening to conquer their neighbours.
And a Roman soldier, newly appointed Pendragon of Brydein, seeks to bring unity, if not peace, to the splintered lands. Whether it is the wealth of detail, the heated passions, the struggle to overcome more base motives of their enemies and their allies, or the hunger to know how the legend we know will spring from these elements, it's a compulsive read. The kind of story that you find yourself wondering about while standing in line, facing an interminable wait in the airport, or suffering through a patronizing planetarium presentation. Maybe it all boils down to finding a Guinevere you can respect. When this maiden is in distress she starts working on her own way out.