Two Worlds Changed — J. Ellyne

Read about Arthur Pendragon and Anna Pendragon aka Morganna Le Fey. Read of the Elves, Wizards, Dragons, Demon armies, epic battles, and epic relationships of love that never dies, It's all here in the final book of The Fair and Fey Series. The battles are more epic than in any of the other books and the love scenes are more steamy. This is the must-read series finale!

It tookJ. Ellyne two years to write this book since publishing Book 4 of The Fair and Fey, "The Elves of Avalon." There are two reasons it took so long. This is the final book in the series and she wanted a conclusive ending, not leaving any plot threads dangling. Everyone knows if there are dangling threads, people will pull on them and the whole fabric unravels. There were soooo many dangling threads in the Fair and Fey series at the end of the fourth book.

The second reason for this book taking so long was the lack of detailed research material. Ms. Ellyne has done exhaustive research for all the previous books in this series. She found one excellent book covering what might have happened, with actual evidence, regarding Arthur's final battle to unite Britannia under a single high king, driving out all the foreign invaders. It's a great book: "Arthur's Battle for Britain" by Eric Wamsley. It contains half true history, backed up by historical documents and archeological findings. For the rest Wamsley made up stories, filling in the gaps that history and archeology left.

There are twelve famous battles Arthur won to unite Britain. In books three and four of The Fair and Fey, the Elves are his allies, helping him win. Did you know that real ancient historical documents claim that Arthur's mother, Igraine, was half Elven? The Elves helped both Arthur and his father Uther Pendragon win their battles and they helped the Elves win their battles with Orcs and Demons -- well most of them anyway. "Fey" means to have a tragic destiny. It is also the word that the word "Fairy" derives from -- an alternate historical term for Elves.

The battle of Camlan, in which other authors such as Mallory wrote of Arthur's death, happened after his 12th victory. It was a devastating and final defeat. The events that led to that battle, the battle itself, and what happened to Britannia after Arthur's death were covered in Wamsley's book but he admits the evidence as to their reality is scant. That's okay; "Two Worlds Changed" is fiction, based loosely on fact -- alt history if you will, These events in Britannia are half of the story. All legends say Arthur was taken to Avalon after his death to see if he could be healed by Avalon healers. Didn't you always want to know if the healing succeeded? Well now you will, thanks to this book.

In book four, "The Elves of Avalon," Avalon is in Otherworld. The Elves have left our world to reside there. In this book, Otherworld changes drastically due to the experiences of the Elves there, just as Britannia changes drastically after Arthur leaves our world. As we know from real history, the Anglo-Saxons returned and reconquered Britannia many decades after his departure. This happened because, without a leader to keep them in line, all the kings of the many little British Kingdoms started warring with each other again and weakening Britannia, leaving it vulnerable to foreign attack. It didn't happen right away. Arthur's United Kingdom lasted for over a hundred years after he was taken to Avalon for healing. This is what the title Two Worlds Changed means -- how and why Otherworld and Britannia both change is revealed in this book, the series finale.