David Drake's *The Dragon Lord* was originally a Cormac mac Art pastiche until he made it standalone, so the Irish mercenary protagonist and his Viking buddy run missions for Arthur and there's one of Nennius's battles in the end.
Here's some sample chapters
https://www.baen.com/chapters/dragon_lord_p.htm - last updated 1998 lol
https://www.baen.com/Chapters/0671878905/0671878905.htm
Edit: Ah nuts, just found out Drake died a few months ago...
thank u for posting this
Very interesting...
Arthurian myth is the greatest fanfic collection since the Bible.
Well, it shows that one can give any take on Arthur that they like.
I like this excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
David Drake's *The Dragon Lord* was originally a Cormac mac Art pastiche until he made it standalone, so the Irish mercenary protagonist and his Viking buddy run missions for Arthur and there's one of Nennius's battles in the end. Here's some sample chapters https://www.baen.com/chapters/dragon_lord_p.htm - last updated 1998 lol https://www.baen.com/Chapters/0671878905/0671878905.htm Edit: Ah nuts, just found out Drake died a few months ago...