The Crooked House
core novel 2000 The King's Blades
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.69 (445 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380800995 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Black magic has infiltrated the king's palace. After the king's friend Digby dies mysteriously during a royal ceremony, Sir Stalwart and Emerald, a White Sister, travel to Smealey Hall to find the source of the evil. Stalwart recruits Badger, a surly Blade-in-training, and the three face harsh terrain, sorcery and swordplay on the road. They also have to deal with a traitor among their own company, who may be working against the king.
Where it sits
- Universe: The King's Blades
- Series: The King's Daggers core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- Young-adult novel; second of the King's Daggers books.
- From the series record (The King's Daggers): A young-adult trilogy set in Chivial that fills in events around the first King's Blades novel.
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 The King's Daggers: position 2 of 3: previous Sir Stalwart (1999) · next Silvercloak (2001)
- Internal chronology, within The King's Blades: position 6 of 11: previous Impossible Odds (2003) · next Sky of Swords (2000)
Sources
- Open Road Media, The Monster War
- FantasticFiction, King's Daggers
- Biblio listing (Avon, 2000)
- Rising Shadow, The Crooked House
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