Paragon Lost
core novel 2002 The King's Blades
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (1,554 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380978960 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
About twelve years after the earlier tales, King Athelgar rules Chivial. Sir Beaumont, one of the realm's finest Blades, is bound to the aging Lord Wassail. Wassail must escort a royal princess out of the court of Czar Igor, a treacherous and unstable ruler, and deliver her to the king as a bride. Beaumont and his fellow Blades Arkell and Oak guide the party along a narrow route to keep Wassail safe. Meanwhile Igor wants a Blade of his own and seeks the rituals needed to make one, using ensorcelled dogs and the murderous strelsy. Beaumont, disgraced and out of favor, must also stop a missing Blade before it reaches the czar's court.
Where it sits
- Universe: The King's Blades
- Series: Chronicles of the King's Blades core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- From the series record (Chronicles of the King's Blades): Three later novels set in Chivial during the reign of King Athelgar.
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 Chronicles of the King's Blades: position 1 of 3: next Impossible Odds (2003)
- Internal chronology, within The King's Blades: position 2 of 11: previous The Gilded Chain (1998) · next Sir Stalwart (1999)
Sources
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