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Traitor
A mage-knight, a lost boy – and treachery
Orlando of Troyes, an impoverished knight stranded in Carcassonne, awaits a promised reward from Simon de Montfort, the famous conqueror in the crusade against Cathar heretics.
Instead, Orlando is fighting a masked magical knight while uncovering betrayals down every alley. Then strangers arrive, telling of a lost boy who requires a dangerous rescue. Orlando has the chance to redeem his honor and prove his value as a loyal and talented knight—if he survives.
Traitor, a standalone story, joins the series of interrelated 13th century adventure tales, Legends of Valeros.
Orlando of Troyes, an impoverished knight stranded in Carcassonne, awaits a promised reward from Simon de Montfort, the famous conqueror in the crusade against Cathar heretics.
Instead, Orlando is fighting a masked magical knight while uncovering betrayals down every alley. Then strangers arrive, telling of a lost boy who requires a dangerous rescue. Orlando has the chance to redeem his honor and prove his value as a loyal and talented knight—if he survives.
Traitor, a standalone story, joins the series of interrelated 13th century adventure tales, Legends of Valeros.
287 pages, Paperback
Published November 8, 2017
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About the author
E.A. Stewart
10 books20 followersE.A. (Annie) Stewart is an American writer whose Accidental Heretics series explores intrigues in France and Spain in the Thirteenth Century. After a brief academic career studying myth and literature, she took up siege engineering—as a technical writer and project manager in the heart of the computer industry. Her technical work focused on strategic advances for cutting-edge hardware technologies for PCs and servers. During a lull between critical deadlines, she began this adventure series, and now focuses full time on fiction and cutting-edge publishing technologies.
Annie Stewart lives and writes in Seattle (no cats! no dogs!). She explores issues for Thirteenth Century Languedoc, heresy, and writing historical fiction in blog posts at www.accidentalheretics.com
Annie Stewart lives and writes in Seattle (no cats! no dogs!). She explores issues for Thirteenth Century Languedoc, heresy, and writing historical fiction in blog posts at www.accidentalheretics.com
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August 29, 2018
I was lucky enough to read this pre-release from my publisher. It's so good, y'all. Action, adventure, intrigue and just enough magic to keep things interesting. This author's whole universe is my favorite, but this series has been delightful, quick adventures. I love a sprawling epic like the author's Heretics books, but these have the same emotional punch in a diverting read you can finish in day (if you're willing to sacrifice sleep).
This story digs deep into what loyalty and honor really mean. Love seeing the characters from past books, but Orlando, the knight in this story is so original and wonderful I'm glad he's at the forefront. I don't want to spoil anything, but the challenges he faces as he tries to find his place in the world are at once personal and relatable, while still being the kind of heroic knight's tale that's made this author's books so good.
This story digs deep into what loyalty and honor really mean. Love seeing the characters from past books, but Orlando, the knight in this story is so original and wonderful I'm glad he's at the forefront. I don't want to spoil anything, but the challenges he faces as he tries to find his place in the world are at once personal and relatable, while still being the kind of heroic knight's tale that's made this author's books so good.
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