LOOKING FOR THE KING: An Inklings Novel by David C Downing

It is 1940, and American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old graduate student, is in England researching the historical evidence for the legendary King Arthur. There he meets perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow American staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for an even more ambitious and dangerous quest.

Aided by the Inklings — that illustrious circle of scholars and writers made famous by its two most prolific members, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien — Tom and Laura begin to suspect that the fabled Spear of Destiny, the lance that pierced the side of Christ on the Cross, is hidden somewhere in England.

David C. Downing, a leading scholar of the life and work of C.S. Lewis, has turned his hand to creating this entrancing story, set in the early years of World War Two in the historic city of Oxford and a number of mythic places connected to ancient England. The story draws in C.S. Lewis the literary historian and famous author, and close friends of his called the Inklings.