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core novel 2017 The King's Blades
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (159 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781988274324 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Sir Rhys, Sir Sharp and Sir Trusty are three elite swordsmen of the Royal Guard who are dismissed from service with no pension, no job and no money. Rhys's father, Sir Spender, finds himself in the same position. He plans to search for a treasure that was lost more than thirty years ago, and the three younger men join him. King Ambrose also claims the treasure and may try to stop them, so the former Blades must rely on their swordsmanship and on each other.
Where it sits
- Universe: The King's Blades
- Series: Tales of the King's Blades core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- First published by Five Rivers; ebook reissue by Open Road Media in 2023.
- From the series record (Tales of the King's Blades): Novels about individual Blades of Chivial, beginning with Durendal in The Gilded Chain and ending with The Ethical Swordsman.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Tales of the King's Blades: position 4 of 5: previous Sky of Swords (2000) · next The Ethical Swordsman (2019)
- Internal chronology, within The King's Blades: position 10 of 11: previous Silvercloak (2001) · next The Ethical Swordsman (2019)
Sources
- Rising Shadow, Sky of Swords
- FantasticFiction, King's Blades
- Angus & Robertson listing (Five Rivers, 2018)
- Open Road Media
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