Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of the Spear | 1999 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
| 2 | The Book of the Sword | 1999 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
| 3 | The Book of the Cauldron | 1999 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
| 4 | The Book of the Stone | 2000 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
The Hallowed Isle series takes the four sacred treasures of British mythology — the sword, spear, cauldron, and stone — as the organizing principle for a four-book retelling of the Arthurian period. Paxson sets the action in a Britain recently abandoned by Roman power, with competing factions and spiritual traditions creating the landscape into which Arthur emerges.
The four books were published in quick succession across 1999 and 2000, forming a complete and self-contained Arthurian sequence distinct from the Avalon series but drawing on the same deep engagement with Celtic legend and post-Roman British history.