Hank Morgan. a skilled mechanic from the 19 century New England, awakens in King's Arthur's Camelot after a head injury. Unperturbed, and having convinced the court and the populace that he is a powerful: sorcerer, Hank embarks on modernizing Camelot with electricity gunfire, the telegraph, and other 19 century amenities While bringing the ugliness of feudalism and slavery to the fore, the narrative also tries to create a utopian vision of the world.