NOAH HUISMAN — Author & Attorney

Keeper of an Old Flame

NOAH HUISMAN is the author of The Apprentice of Avalon, a historical-fantasy reimagining of Perceval and the Grail, and the This Way to the Stars philosophy trilogy. An attorney and gym owner in Austin, Texas, he writes regularly at The Lumenorean on ancient wisdom, great books, and the art of living well — preserving the fire, covering the classics.

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The Apprentice of Avalon: A New Knight Dawns

The Apprentice of Avalon:
A New Knight Dawns

★★★★★ 4.9 on Amazon · 19 ratings

A boy raised far from the court of Camelot is called on a quest to become the Grail Knight and heal a wasteland. Steeped in the Arthurian world of sixth-century Albion (mythic Britain), this is the myth of Perceval reimagined — for readers of Tolkien, Lewis, Lawhead, and Paolini.

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"[T]he next Tolkien and Lewis..."
— JOE, AMAZON REVIEW

More Books by Noah

This Way to the Stars

A philosophy trilogy on the ideas that built the Western mind and True, Good, and Beautiful that still light the way.

An Introduction to Philosophy
An Introduction to Philosophy

★★★★★ 4.8 · 22 ratings

The origins and development of the Western world's greatest ideas and oldest wisdom. 

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A History of the Hero
A History of the Hero

★★★★★ 5.0 · 12 ratings

From Gilgamesh to Arthur: a look at what the heroes have to teach us about what it means to live well. 

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The Tao Beyond Time
The Tao Beyond Time

★★★★★ 5.0 · 8 ratings

There is a way the world works and a way we must walk to most flourish within it, seen in philosophy and mythology. This is the Tao Beyond Time.

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The Lumenorean

Preserving the Fire. Covering the Classics.

Weekly essays on ancient ideas, great books, the craft of writing, and the art of living well. Join the fellowship and get a chapter of A New Knight Dawns free.

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Once a year: a 12-week book-writing class, and a book club on a classic — The Inferno, The Odyssey, and this year, Paradise Lost. Remote options available.

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