The Fabled Third by Liam Guilar BIPOC High Desert is André Naffis-Sahely’s

High Desert is André Naffis-Sahely’s second collection

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The Fabled Third by Liam Guilar BIPOC High Desert is André Naffis-Sahely’sThe Fabled Third is the final instalment in the sequence that began with A Presentment of Englishry. It continues to follow Laamon's 12th century version of the legendary history of Britain up to the death of Uther, ending as the story begins to overlap with Sir Thomas Malory's later, better known tale of King Arthur. When Laamon's Uther arrives at Tintagel, he doesn't enter the late fifth century settlement revealed by recent archaeology, but a