Good Knights: A knight’s doomed adventures

Balin le Savage has vanquished King Arthur’s enemies, earning a way back into his court. But before he can rejoin them, he is ensnared in an adventure that will leave a path of death and destruction, leading toward a fate he is increasingly unable to avoid. His enemy: a knight capable of riding invisible, killing the knights Balin has sworn to protect

One of the most mysterious and haunting chapters of the Arthurian legend unfolds in a retelling that retains the spooky magic of the original tale while adding the psychological depth and detailed characterization needed to make the story come to vivid life. Telek continues to remain absolutely faithful to the medieval Arthurian sources, while fleshing out the bare bones tales in ways that make the prose immediate and relatable to readers of today.

“Arthur is not some invincible hero here but a fully realized, multi-faceted man deeply concerned about his people, self-conscious about his own faults, and prone to frailty and doubt because of his past.”
—Tyler Tichelaar, author, the King Arthur’s Bloodline series

While Balin attempts to help the knights and maidens he meets, Arthur proposes to Guinevere and receives her consent to marry. Kings Ban and Bors find themselves driven to desperation as King Claudas continues to ravage their lands. Guinevere’s identical twin makes a daring attempt to overthrow the king and queen that hold her mother prisoner. And Morgan le Fay arranges the pieces of her long-term strategy to overthrow the rule of her half-brother, King Arthur.

Telek’s The Swithen series is committed to remaining faithful to the medieval tales of King Arthur and his knights as laid down between the years of 1136 to 1485, in order to preserve the mysterious resonance of the original legend without ruining it by attempting to add modern storytelling beats or appeal to contemporary audiences. By reading this series, you will discover the authentic Arthurian legend as it was originally conceived, with stories and characters made real in order to help us understand the full stakes, scope and majesty of this incredible, decades-spanning epic.

“[Telek’s] character development is strong… maintaining the original story but humanizing the characters rather than making them historical bores. Seems that they are just pretty much normal, emotional humans wherein greatness may have come accidentally. I’ve read everything Arthurian that I can lay my hands on and this is certainly the best in years.”
—Scott T., Amazon review

The prior novels of The Swithen established how Merlin and Arthur came to be and told of Arthur’s rise to power. Good Knights now shifts the focus to Arthur’s knights, containing the cataclysmic event that triggers God’s vengeance on humankind and necessitates the adventures that will culminate in the quest to achieve the Holy Grail. Filled with dark mysteries and existential resonance, in Good Knights reality mingles with magic in a dream world where the supernatural is as real and present as the air we breathe.

“This has everything that the original legends needed without altering them. The author gives the characters a development and depth that tends to be lacking in ancient stories. You’ll understand how these stories survived to inspire generations for as long as they have through this book series!”
—Amory, Amazon review

More about Good Knights

Excerpt: Balin encounters the invisible knight

Author interview: Scott Telek on Good Knights

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Where to buy Good Knights

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