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The Red Knight

An epic historical fantasy with action, dragons and war, a must read for GAME OF THRONES fans

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 Forget George and the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before.

Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.

Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men - or worse, a company of mercenaries - against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.

It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.

The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he's determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery it's just another job. The abbey is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can't deal with.

Only it's not just a job. It's going to be a war ...

Read by Matthew Wolf

(p) 2013 Hachette Audio©2012 Miles Cameron Dark Fantasy Epic Fantasy Fiction Historical Military Classics Dragons

Critic reviews

Terrific medieval fantasy with three-dimensional characters, realistic battle scenes, intricate plotting and attention to the minutiae of medieval life.
Want to know what it would really be like to fight a dragon on horseback? These are the books for you.
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A good book, well read but spoilt by the annoyingly numerous gaps in the recording.

Gaps in the recording 😤

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This series is fantastic. The characters are deep, varied and many. Characters who I presumed to hate at first became favourites. Mr Cameron weaves a hell of a tale that's fast paced, imaginative and as well layered to rival the likes of Tolkien. My only negative is the change of narrator's half way through the series. It doesn't ruin it but it felt like the characters were portrayed slightly differently. All said I'd highly recommend this series.

Truly an epic...

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The days are not long enough. A decent chunky story that grips you by the brain and doesn't let go! Interesting storyline weaving too.

Pretty darn good😀

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This is how fantasy should be written! It is a genre with a lot of unfortunate concoctions. However, when the author is a decent craftsman then the fantasy novel is exquisite!
The Traitor Son is one of my absolute favourite fantasy epics. The prose is beautiful, the story and characters are engaging. He even manages to include dark characters with believable complex motives. The battle scenes are the most beautiful wrought scenes I have ever experienced in any fiction.

The voice of Mathew Wolfe is perfect for the setting - a performance that lingers with me.

Perfect Fantasy

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a tad bit hard at start to keep track of all the characters bit it was worth it lots of action and intrigue bought the next in the series

a good solid story with plenty of action

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