Then King Arthur let send for all the children born on May-day, for Merlin told King Arthur that the one that should destroy him should be born on May-day; wherefore he sent for them all, upon pain of death; and all were sent to the King, and so Mordred was sent, and all were put in a ship to the sea. And so by fortune the ship drave into a castle, and was all to-riven, and destroyed the most part.
Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D’Arthur
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Children of the May (Children of the May Book 1)
FantasyA Prophecy. A Shipwreck. The Battle for Britain begins... They hardly remember the May-children. The one hundred and forty children King Arthur exiled from Britain. Mordred – he’s the one they talk about. They say he was the only May-child who surv...
