The Red Knight: An epic historical fantasy with action, dragons and war, a must read for GAME OF THRONES fans

Miles Cameron

Oct 2012 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Forget George and the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before.

Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.

Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men - or worse, a company of mercenaries - against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.

It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.

The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he's determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery it's just another job. The abbey is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can't deal with.

Only it's not just a job. It's going to be a war ...

Ratings and reviews

Awful, just awful. Long, boring and tedious with nothing to hold you until the end (although to my regret I persevered). Hours and hours of my life I will not be getting back. More mistakes than I would expect from a self-published work, so I'm not sure how this made it through any kind of professional editorial process. Just a quick spell check and off for publication it seems. Of course spell check does not find correctly spelled but incorrect words... Perhaps I got the draft version?? It started okay and I expected it to build from there but it steadily declined from the opening few scenes and became a dreary slog and a showcase for the author's knowledge of all things medieval rather than his ability to write an interesting story. Look elsewhere...

Overall a Very enjoyable fantasy book. Confusing that a lot of the characters names start with G, forget who is who sometimes. Some strange errors in grammar and spelling towards the end like not properly edited but doesn't take away from the fact that's its a good story.

Slow to start, very detailed action "scenes", a plot that keeps you guessing. If you can tolerate some alternating spellings for characters and monsters, it makes a good read.

About the author

Miles Cameron is a debut fantasy novelist who currently lives in Toronto, Canada. He is a military veteran and has a degree in Medieval History. His debut novel ( The Red Knight), first in The Traitor Son novels, was one of the most acclaimed fantasy debuts of 2012 and nominated for the David Gemmell Morningstar award. It is followed by The Fell Sword, published in 2013.