Squire
core novel 2001 Tortall
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.31 (55,550 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780679889168 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
Squire is the third book in the Protector of the Small quartet, covering Keladry of Mindelan's years as a squire after passing her page examinations. Without an obvious mentor lined up, Kel is surprised to be taken on by Lord Raoul, commander of the elite King's Own, and begins a demanding apprenticeship that mixes combat training with real duties such as disaster relief alongside Raoul's company. Her circle from her page years remains central to her life, complicated by the arrival of a Yamani princess betrothed to the heir to the throne and by a growing romance with fellow squire Cleon. Kel also confronts injustice when someone close to her is mistreated by a nobleman, sharpening her sense of what kind of knight she intends to become as she works toward the trial that stands between her and knighthood.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tortall
- Series: Protector of the Small core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tamora Pierce
Notes
- From the series record (Protector of the Small): Keladry of Mindelan's quartet, the first girl to openly train as a knight after Alanna.
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 Protector of the Small: position 3 of 4: previous Page (2000) · next Lady Knight (2002)
- Internal chronology, within Tortall: position 11 of 14: previous Page (2000) · next Lady Knight (2002)
Sources
← Tortall dossier · All universes
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