"Adventure novel ties together myths from King David, Excalibur, American Indian lore...a rousing story of an American, Tim Marks, and Welshman, Merthyn Jones, who become targets of a Native American cult..."

-- Jane Ammeson, Times Correspondent, NWItimes.com

ABOUT THE BOOK

In a mystical fantasy story unfolding at a starkly real secondary school named Culver Military Academy, cadets Tim Marks and Merthyn Jones are attacked by a Native American cult group, followers of a malevolent goddess. Surviving the initial attack, the boys kill a fearsome water monster rising from the depths of Lake Maxinkuckee, using swords that they later learn are Excalibur and the sword of the biblical King David. After an assault by a shape changer in their dormitory, both boys prepare to become initiates in the Midewewin Native American society and postulants for knighthood. Assisted by their faculty mentor and his colleagues, the cadets prevail against formidable challenges to bring the story to a satisfying conclusion. Or do they?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Gwyn Davies was born in 1941, the son of a Welshman and a Tennessean. He grew up on a farm in Northern Indiana. After earning his undergraduate degree from DePauw University, he entered the Peace Corps, returning to the U.S. to teach at Culver Military Academy in 1966. Davies left Culver to earn a master's degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He taught in Wales and spent two years at Oxford. He later earned a second master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a doctorate from Indiana University. He has now served as an instructor at Culver since 1974.

Swords at Culver ISBN-10: 1-58832-156-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-58832-156-5 Retail: $15.99 U.S. Edition: First Specs: 6 x 9 Trade Paperback Length: 230 Released: January 2007 Subject(s): Fiction