Knight's Shadow

Following the tumultuous events of 'Traitor's Blade', the revered Greatcoats—Falcio Val Mond, Kest, and Brasti—have fulfilled their late King Paelis's final directive: locating the true heir to Tristia's throne. However, their mission to restore justice and order has only just begun. The heir, a spirited but vulnerable thirteen-year-old girl, immediately becomes the most coveted and endangered figure in a kingdom fractured by power struggles. Falcio, battling the insidious poison slowly consuming him, must lead his companions in a desperate fight to protect her against overwhelming odds. Their path is riddled with peril, pitting them against renegade Knights, the deadly Dashini assassins, and ambitious Dukes determined to cement their new-found authority. Adding to the myriad threats is Trin, the merciless daughter of the Duke of Rijou, who harbors her own ruthless ambitions for the crown. As the Greatcoats strive to safeguard the fragile hope embodied by the young heir, they confront not only external enemies but also Falcio's own mortality and the enigmatic 'Greatcoat's Lament' in a kingdom teetering on the brink of all-out civil war.