I am a fan of Arthurian legend and was about to start Taliesin, the first book of the Pendragon series by Steven Lawhead. But then I was reading some background and sounds like he recast a lot of the Arthur/Merlin legend in a Christian light? I’m atheist but not opposed to reading CS Lewis-style Christian allegory if it’s still interesting in a literary way. But not interested in backdoor Christian proselytizing. What do you all think? Worth a try or not?
The second book, Merlin, is one that has stuck with me in broad strokes decades later, and I want to re-read it. I loved his arc of going from favored son to wild man to mystic.
Not all books stick with me like that.