Traitor's Blade
core novel 2014 The Greatcoats
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (26,859 ratings, collected 2026-09-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781782066750 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The king is dead, the Greatcoats, the legendary travelling magistrates who once brought justice to a troubled kingdom with their knowledge of the king's laws and their skill with a blade, have been disbanded and branded traitors, and Falcio val Mond and his fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things get worse when their employer is murdered and they are forced to watch the killer plant evidence framing them for the crime. A royal conspiracy is about to unfold in the most corrupt city in the world, a series of murders that began with the overthrow of an idealistic young king and will end with the death of an orphaned girl, and if the three want to foil it, save the girl and reunite the Greatcoats, they will have to do it with nothing but their tattered coats and their swords.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Greatcoats
- Series: The Greatcoats core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sebastien de Castell
Awards (verified)
- David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy -- Morningstar Award (Best Fantasy Debut), 2015: finalist; Shortlisted; confirmed on the author's own site.
Notes
- From the series record (The Greatcoats): The core quartet, completing the story of Falcio val Mond and his fellow Greatcoats.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Greatcoats: position 1 of 4: next Knight's Shadow (2014)
Sources
- Sebastien de Castell -- Wikipedia
- Traitor's Blade -- Wikipedia
- Traitor's Blade -- Quercus Books (publisher page)
- Round Rock Public Library catalogue (publisher's description)
- Bookshare (publisher's synopsis)
- Sebastien de Castell (official site)
- Traitor's Blade shortlisted for Gemmell Best Debut -- Sebastien de Castell's official site
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