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Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?

Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee

July 14, 2025 by NatalieH 7 Comments

CBR Bingo: Review When deciding what book to read next, I often read reviews of the book to see what I’m getting myself into. What’s somewhat interesting about this one is that it was actually a negative review that convinced me to read it. One particular reviewer didn’t like the book because it contained “so much climate activism”, “brief meat shaming”, “transgender characters”, and “reverse racism”, which was only successful in making me want to read it. Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee is an Arthurian […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Thomas D. Lee

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Thomas D. Lee ·
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The Knights of the Round Table vs. Climate Change

Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. The realm is in peril, and the knights of the round table have been called back to duty once again, waking up from under the earth to fight . . . climate change. Among other things. Here’s a little bit of the blurb: “An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself—in this slyly funny contemporary take […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, climate fiction, king arthur, narfna, Perilous Times, reimaginings, Satire, Thomas D. Lee

narfna's CBR15 Review No:139 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, climate fiction, king arthur, narfna, Perilous Times, reimaginings, Satire, Thomas D. Lee ·
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