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Dread Knight #3
Dark Covenant
A reunion with a lost love. A compromise with a bitter enemy. A gambit to restore a broken alliance.
Duncan and his girls have uncovered a demonic plot to destroy the last remnants of civilization, but they have no hope of stopping it on their own. Yet to assemble the army they need, they must set aside old grudges and forge an unlikely partnership - not only with the woman who cast Duncan into the Condemned, but with a man who wants to destroy the Dread Knights once and for all.
Dark Covenant is the third installment of the Dread Knight series, a post-apocalyptic epic fantasy with light gamelit elements inspired by the world’s oldest role-playing game.
Duncan and his girls have uncovered a demonic plot to destroy the last remnants of civilization, but they have no hope of stopping it on their own. Yet to assemble the army they need, they must set aside old grudges and forge an unlikely partnership - not only with the woman who cast Duncan into the Condemned, but with a man who wants to destroy the Dread Knights once and for all.
Dark Covenant is the third installment of the Dread Knight series, a post-apocalyptic epic fantasy with light gamelit elements inspired by the world’s oldest role-playing game.
525 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 29, 2024
About the author
Sarah Hawke
78 books262 followersSarah Hawke is a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy in multiple genres, including erotica, harem, and bondage. Her books are known for their intricate world-building, twisting plots, and fleshed-out characters—and of course their many intense, steamy sex scenes.
If you are interested in "pure" traditional harem stories, The Lost Fleet is the perfect place to start! Wings of the Seraph is a shorter, older series but also hits most of the traditional harem notes. Shadow of the Seraph features a rotating male and female pov with some F-F scenes involving temporary futanari, so avoid that unless it is your jam!
Her fantasy universe features many types of erotica stories involving bondage (Elf Slave, all the Spider Queen books) and non-traditional harems (The Amazon's Pledge, The Amazon's Vengeance). She also has two ongoing fantasy erotica series with intense action and multiple points of view, War of the White Throne and The Blade of Highwind.
If you are interested in "pure" traditional harem stories, The Lost Fleet is the perfect place to start! Wings of the Seraph is a shorter, older series but also hits most of the traditional harem notes. Shadow of the Seraph features a rotating male and female pov with some F-F scenes involving temporary futanari, so avoid that unless it is your jam!
Her fantasy universe features many types of erotica stories involving bondage (Elf Slave, all the Spider Queen books) and non-traditional harems (The Amazon's Pledge, The Amazon's Vengeance). She also has two ongoing fantasy erotica series with intense action and multiple points of view, War of the White Throne and The Blade of Highwind.
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September 4, 2024
The continued adventures of our Anti-Paladin protagonist as he finds out, much to his shock, that the gods of evil are in fact evil and that the gods of good....well, they are good but their servants suck. There's a continued amount of naughtiness and graphic sex spread between a surprisingly dark and well-written fantasy world. It's definitely a market for a lot of geeks and I have no doubt if you like the concept of Rule 34 elves and witches then this is your kind of book.
August 2, 2024
Another great installment
This has been a great series so far, and I can't wait for book 4. Hopefully not too much longer!
This has been a great series so far, and I can't wait for book 4. Hopefully not too much longer!
June 30, 2024
Blew me away.
I devoured this series like a certain deva devours…well, *cough*, you know. This third installment was packed full of the drama, intrigue, and sizzling yet meaningful steam I’ve come to expect from Sarah Hawke. Her writing prowess and skill at plotting were on full display. Zaelya’s arc, especially, had me on the edge of my seat.
I highly recommend you pick up this series!
I devoured this series like a certain deva devours…well, *cough*, you know. This third installment was packed full of the drama, intrigue, and sizzling yet meaningful steam I’ve come to expect from Sarah Hawke. Her writing prowess and skill at plotting were on full display. Zaelya’s arc, especially, had me on the edge of my seat.
I highly recommend you pick up this series!
March 30, 2025
The Smut is Good, The Story is Great
I was introduced to the author by a friend online. I was looking for some new smut to read. I read another story by the author and was quite impressed with the story. Even though the smut was pretty good, too. So, I picked up this series afterwards. And it has not let me down. I read the entire series in probably two days. Absolutely, love the idea of a post apocalyptic fantasy world. The plot mechanizations keep me riveted. The character development is fun. As I said, the smut is good. But it is the story in the characters that have truly caught my heart. I cannot wait for the final book in this series. I guess I'll have to read some of the authors other works, in the meantime.
I was introduced to the author by a friend online. I was looking for some new smut to read. I read another story by the author and was quite impressed with the story. Even though the smut was pretty good, too. So, I picked up this series afterwards. And it has not let me down. I read the entire series in probably two days. Absolutely, love the idea of a post apocalyptic fantasy world. The plot mechanizations keep me riveted. The character development is fun. As I said, the smut is good. But it is the story in the characters that have truly caught my heart. I cannot wait for the final book in this series. I guess I'll have to read some of the authors other works, in the meantime.
July 7, 2024
This book continues a fairly original story set in a fantasy world that is facing it's own version of post-apocalyptic events. In their chase, magical corruption and blight have laid waste to many.
At 500 pages, this book at times got a little sluggish, but it finished strong, and we see more plots come to conclusion. The harem grows by one expected member, and the personalities are all different and fun. The author says the final book will be out in 2025, and I look forward to it.
At 500 pages, this book at times got a little sluggish, but it finished strong, and we see more plots come to conclusion. The harem grows by one expected member, and the personalities are all different and fun. The author says the final book will be out in 2025, and I look forward to it.
August 10, 2024
Deliciously complicated.
As with all of Sarah Hawke's works, this series left me with a keen hunger for the storyline to continue. The character development is exquisite, allowing a close attachment to all the important plot revelations. I purchased the first three books together and always had one immediately available until I finished Book 3. Sarah has found a recipe that can satisfy minds attached to hearts in a pleasant and rewarding literary work.
As with all of Sarah Hawke's works, this series left me with a keen hunger for the storyline to continue. The character development is exquisite, allowing a close attachment to all the important plot revelations. I purchased the first three books together and always had one immediately available until I finished Book 3. Sarah has found a recipe that can satisfy minds attached to hearts in a pleasant and rewarding literary work.
September 21, 2025
This guy needs a nap.
The story is storying enough to make me desperate for the next book. Less exciting bedroom scenes than the previous book but it’s set up for an excellent final bill in the next instalment.
The story is storying enough to make me desperate for the next book. Less exciting bedroom scenes than the previous book but it’s set up for an excellent final bill in the next instalment.
July 26, 2024
Can’t wait for the Conclusion
Simply amazing and ever growing. Another phenomenal addition to Ms Hawke’s place on the book shelves. I cannot wait for the ending to this story
Simply amazing and ever growing. Another phenomenal addition to Ms Hawke’s place on the book shelves. I cannot wait for the ending to this story
July 9, 2024
As always, far too much sex (doesn’t he ever get bored?) but the adventure is well-written, when he’s not wobbling his willy around.
March 13, 2026
In previous books there's a good combination of naughty smut and loving romance but with the harem growing the loving romance is starting to take a back seat in favor smut with very little intimacy (more on that later). The fantasy and action elements continue to well written but also seem to be taking more of a back seat to political discussions and political maneuvering (UGH! Again, more on that later).
Sarah Hawke easily has the potential to be one of the top writers in the fantasy/harem genre (the genre has become so watered down with polyamorous bisexual stories that are incorrectly tagged as harem that's not really saying much though). Some of her earlier books are hit or very miss (femdom lesbian BDSM, futa, etc) but she's put a few good books together so hopefully she doesn't get sucked too far into writing disgusting fan service for her all-important Patrons (edit: oops, looks like that's what happened to her Dragon Centurion series...and I don't even know what that series is as it's moved so far away from the harem genre but I guess it's generic fantasy fan service porn/smut).
This series started as harem genre but once the number of LIs got bigger the atmosphere changed, female LIs were forced into becoming like bisexual porn stars (without previous warning) and it started shifting from harem genre into the dreaded polyamorous/sharing/cucking/everyone screws everyone (pick any or all the terms you prefer) genre. I don't know who decided to clump harem and polyamorous genres together and label them all as harem genre because ideologically they are very different.
I think this is the last decent book in the series because after this they devolve into becoming depraved mixed gender orgies. The time wasted on dreary politics/political filler started to get too obnoxious and boring as well. Politics in the real world is obnoxious enough (I actually read fantasy to escape mundane stuff like that - grrr!) and I can't believe anyone is actually entertained by fake politics from fake characters in a magical high fantasy setting. Probably not very many, but if you can't write interesting content you have to fill the pages with something.
Sarah Hawke easily has the potential to be one of the top writers in the fantasy/harem genre (the genre has become so watered down with polyamorous bisexual stories that are incorrectly tagged as harem that's not really saying much though). Some of her earlier books are hit or very miss (femdom lesbian BDSM, futa, etc) but she's put a few good books together so hopefully she doesn't get sucked too far into writing disgusting fan service for her all-important Patrons (edit: oops, looks like that's what happened to her Dragon Centurion series...and I don't even know what that series is as it's moved so far away from the harem genre but I guess it's generic fantasy fan service porn/smut).
This series started as harem genre but once the number of LIs got bigger the atmosphere changed, female LIs were forced into becoming like bisexual porn stars (without previous warning) and it started shifting from harem genre into the dreaded polyamorous/sharing/cucking/everyone screws everyone (pick any or all the terms you prefer) genre. I don't know who decided to clump harem and polyamorous genres together and label them all as harem genre because ideologically they are very different.
I think this is the last decent book in the series because after this they devolve into becoming depraved mixed gender orgies. The time wasted on dreary politics/political filler started to get too obnoxious and boring as well. Politics in the real world is obnoxious enough (I actually read fantasy to escape mundane stuff like that - grrr!) and I can't believe anyone is actually entertained by fake politics from fake characters in a magical high fantasy setting. Probably not very many, but if you can't write interesting content you have to fill the pages with something.
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