Charleston City Paper

Signe Pike’s debut novel, The Lost Queen, resurrects the memory of Merlin’s twin sister

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The first line in local author Signe Pike’s first work of fiction, The Lost Queen, launches ...
JSTOR Daily

Rationalizing the Irrational: Merlin and His Prophecies in the Modern Historical Novel

Merlin's magical powers are usually rationalized in modern historical fiction. His visions of the future, however, remain prophetic, even when they are aided by his own inspired guesswork and ...
Time

Books: Abel Is the Novel, Merlin Is The Firm

TUNC by Lawrence Durrell. 359 pages Dutton. $6.95. Balthazar, second novel of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, begins portentously with these lines from De Sade’s Justine: “The mirror sees the ...
Charleston City Paper

Signe Pike’s second novel, The Forgotten Kingdom, continues to tell the story of Merlin’s twin sister

Signe Pike’s 2018 debut novel, The Lost Queen, is fast-paced, clever and dripping with magic. The first in a trilogy, the novel is the untold story of Languoreth, a sixth-century Scottish queen who is ...