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The Immortal Knight Chronicles #4
Vampire Knight
The immortal knight, Richard of Ashbury, hunts a ruthless vampire through the battlefields of the Hundred Years War.
AD 1346. King Edward III wages war to claim the crown of France by conquest.
On the battlefield of Crecy, Richard confronts a mysterious knight with inhuman strength fighting beneath a banner as black as death.
To find his dangerous new enemy, Richard assembles a company of veteran men-at-arms and deadly English archers.
Together, they must invade France and burn and plunder the country to bring the mighty French army to battle.
But Richard’s pursuit of the murderous black knight is brought to a sudden halt by the worst disaster Europe has ever known.
As millions die and his loved ones fall to the pestilence, Richard searches the darkest corners of Christendom for the chance of finding a cure.
What he discovers will change him, and all of history, forever.
Book 4 of the Immortal Knight Chronicles continues eighty years after the end of Vampire Khan. Featuring epic medieval battles, political intrigue and real historical figures and events, this is exciting, action-packed historical fiction with a twist.
AD 1346. King Edward III wages war to claim the crown of France by conquest.
On the battlefield of Crecy, Richard confronts a mysterious knight with inhuman strength fighting beneath a banner as black as death.
To find his dangerous new enemy, Richard assembles a company of veteran men-at-arms and deadly English archers.
Together, they must invade France and burn and plunder the country to bring the mighty French army to battle.
But Richard’s pursuit of the murderous black knight is brought to a sudden halt by the worst disaster Europe has ever known.
As millions die and his loved ones fall to the pestilence, Richard searches the darkest corners of Christendom for the chance of finding a cure.
What he discovers will change him, and all of history, forever.
Book 4 of the Immortal Knight Chronicles continues eighty years after the end of Vampire Khan. Featuring epic medieval battles, political intrigue and real historical figures and events, this is exciting, action-packed historical fiction with a twist.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
472 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2018
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About the author
Dan Davis
27 books209 followersI write action-packed sci-fi and historical fantasy. I want to immerse readers in another time and place and for my stories to be gripping adventures. You should love my complex heroes and hate the twisted bad guys.
If you like the sound of that then check out; GODS OF BRONZE (my new historical fantasy series), THE IMMORTAL KNIGHT CHRONICLES (bestselling historical fantasy) and the GALACTIC ARENA series (smart military scifi).
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If you like the sound of that then check out; GODS OF BRONZE (my new historical fantasy series), THE IMMORTAL KNIGHT CHRONICLES (bestselling historical fantasy) and the GALACTIC ARENA series (smart military scifi).
Thanks for taking an interest in my stories. Follow me here on Goodreads to keep up to date with releases.
You can get the Bronze Age fantasy novella THE WOLF GOD (it’s the GODS OF BRONZE prequel) now for FREE via my website: dandavisauthor.com
And why not come and say hello at my Facebook page: facebook.com/dandavisauthor
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November 8, 2022
By the time VAMPIRE KHAN draws to a close our hero, Sir Richard of Ashbury, and his small band of immortals are exhausted after ten intense years of battling the evil vampire lord, Sir William de Ferrers, and his demonic Mongol minions across the freezing Hindu Kush in Persia and Afghanistan and down into Baghdad.
Richard's band has thwarted William's plan to conquer the Crusader Kingdoms to the west, but they have failed to put an end to the evil one himself. William has gone to the East, declaring that he would be gone for decades, at least. Centuries, perhaps. If he returned at all.
Richard and his crew were too worn out to chase him, especially since his mischief would be directed amongst the Mongols and their enemies in the East. On the other hand they knew that William had left dozens of evil immortals in Christendom. Knights and lords and God only knew who else. They had to be stopped.
So Richard came up with an idea of formalizing their ragtag war band into an Order...something similar to the Templars. An Order dedicated to a single purpose. They would make oaths to dedicate their lives to destroying all immortals that William de Ferrers had made. First in Christendom, and then wherever else they might find them. And they would swear to kill William himself when he returned from the East.
Thus, not too far away from the smoldering ruins of the once-great city of Baghdad was born the secret society whose name would be known only to its members - the Order of the White Dagger.
VAMPIRE KHAN ends in 1266 with the Order of the White Dagger establishing its headquarters in London. Financed with a fortune of precious coins, gemstones, and the finest jewellery looted from a vast treasure in a Mongol chieftain's tomb, some of them pose as (and actually become) successful merchants. In this guise they worked undercover to develop intelligence on the location and activities of evil Immortals through speaking to merchants, troubadours, doctors, and any itinerant travellers.
For Sir Richard himself it was simple to find the employment of a lord to keep him funded and occupied, and at other times he was paid as a mercenary directly by the Crown. Always, he said to his peers and lords that he had grown up in the Holy Land, the grandson of an English knight named Richard of Ashbury. No man had heard of him.
Once Acre fell, in 1291, he had to tell a new cover story, but a man-at-arms’ trade is the murder of the king’s enemies, and so sinners were always welcome.
In between campaigns, they searched for the immortals of Christendom that William had created. Stephen wormed his way into London and began to quietly establish himself as a man of standing. Eva set herself up first in Exeter and then in Bristol. Both of them inconspicuously cultivated contacts with the itinerant folks who returned regularly to the cities. Through the words passed between them, Thomas the Templar and Richard tracked down reports of bloody crimes, suspicious outlaws, and possible vampires.
For some years, whenever their eternal youth began to be remarked upon, Stephen and Eva would swap houses and trade lives, each pretending to be the relative or descendent of the other. Then, after a few years when most of the gossips had died, they swapped back.
VAMPIRE KNIGHT picks up the storyline in 1346 eighty years after the Order of the White Dagger had been established. Dan Davis starts this episode off with a bang by putting Richard in the thick of the battle of Crecy. As usual Davis shows his love of historical accuracy in his descriptions of the terrain and troop movements - I checked it all out on Google. He's definitely squared away.
Edward III and Richard have an unique repoire. Richard has been like a guardian angel to the king since the beginning of Edward's reign having been at his side when they seized the would-be usurper, Roger Mortimer. Edward trusts Richard implicitly.
At Crecy the king gives Richard the special task of protecting his son, the Black Prince, without making it a look like he is rendering any special help - for the prince must appear strong no matter what. This turns out to be a very close fought and bloody affair. And compelling reading.
Also down through the years finding the spawn of William had been hard work. Most leads led nowhere and the Order hardly ever found a true vampire. Then just as the Richard and his band were closing in on the French king near the end of that day's fight, a knight wearing only black armor rides forth to ravage Richard's troops - killing one of Richard's Immortals and nearly killing our hero as well.
Throughout the remainder of the book the Order of the White Dagger will bend their will to capturing and killing the monstrous bastard. Their quest will be interrupted only by the disaster of the Black Death (which threatens Immortals and endangers even Eva). For her sake and for the sake of the Order, Richard has to journey through unprecedented death and terror to confront a horrid creature in the hopes of finding salvation.
With this confrontation we can finally catch a glimpse of the tie in between the author's GODS OF BRONZE SERIES and the IMMORTAL KNIGHT CHRONICLES. Quite a universe Mr. Davis is creating for us.
It is also revealed in this novel that despite all their precautions and deceptions that the Order is not fooling William's Immortals quite as much as they think they are. I figure one of Richard's group has sold out. Only time will tell.
Davis manages to bring all of his characters to life. They are well written, each with their own distinct personality and world view. Full of bloody gore but often quite humorous, this epic adventure of revenge over the centuries is a punchy, smart fantasy/historical novel that kept me intrigued.
Richard's band has thwarted William's plan to conquer the Crusader Kingdoms to the west, but they have failed to put an end to the evil one himself. William has gone to the East, declaring that he would be gone for decades, at least. Centuries, perhaps. If he returned at all.
Richard and his crew were too worn out to chase him, especially since his mischief would be directed amongst the Mongols and their enemies in the East. On the other hand they knew that William had left dozens of evil immortals in Christendom. Knights and lords and God only knew who else. They had to be stopped.
So Richard came up with an idea of formalizing their ragtag war band into an Order...something similar to the Templars. An Order dedicated to a single purpose. They would make oaths to dedicate their lives to destroying all immortals that William de Ferrers had made. First in Christendom, and then wherever else they might find them. And they would swear to kill William himself when he returned from the East.
Thus, not too far away from the smoldering ruins of the once-great city of Baghdad was born the secret society whose name would be known only to its members - the Order of the White Dagger.
VAMPIRE KHAN ends in 1266 with the Order of the White Dagger establishing its headquarters in London. Financed with a fortune of precious coins, gemstones, and the finest jewellery looted from a vast treasure in a Mongol chieftain's tomb, some of them pose as (and actually become) successful merchants. In this guise they worked undercover to develop intelligence on the location and activities of evil Immortals through speaking to merchants, troubadours, doctors, and any itinerant travellers.
For Sir Richard himself it was simple to find the employment of a lord to keep him funded and occupied, and at other times he was paid as a mercenary directly by the Crown. Always, he said to his peers and lords that he had grown up in the Holy Land, the grandson of an English knight named Richard of Ashbury. No man had heard of him.
Once Acre fell, in 1291, he had to tell a new cover story, but a man-at-arms’ trade is the murder of the king’s enemies, and so sinners were always welcome.
In between campaigns, they searched for the immortals of Christendom that William had created. Stephen wormed his way into London and began to quietly establish himself as a man of standing. Eva set herself up first in Exeter and then in Bristol. Both of them inconspicuously cultivated contacts with the itinerant folks who returned regularly to the cities. Through the words passed between them, Thomas the Templar and Richard tracked down reports of bloody crimes, suspicious outlaws, and possible vampires.
For some years, whenever their eternal youth began to be remarked upon, Stephen and Eva would swap houses and trade lives, each pretending to be the relative or descendent of the other. Then, after a few years when most of the gossips had died, they swapped back.
VAMPIRE KNIGHT picks up the storyline in 1346 eighty years after the Order of the White Dagger had been established. Dan Davis starts this episode off with a bang by putting Richard in the thick of the battle of Crecy. As usual Davis shows his love of historical accuracy in his descriptions of the terrain and troop movements - I checked it all out on Google. He's definitely squared away.
Edward III and Richard have an unique repoire. Richard has been like a guardian angel to the king since the beginning of Edward's reign having been at his side when they seized the would-be usurper, Roger Mortimer. Edward trusts Richard implicitly.
At Crecy the king gives Richard the special task of protecting his son, the Black Prince, without making it a look like he is rendering any special help - for the prince must appear strong no matter what. This turns out to be a very close fought and bloody affair. And compelling reading.
Also down through the years finding the spawn of William had been hard work. Most leads led nowhere and the Order hardly ever found a true vampire. Then just as the Richard and his band were closing in on the French king near the end of that day's fight, a knight wearing only black armor rides forth to ravage Richard's troops - killing one of Richard's Immortals and nearly killing our hero as well.
Throughout the remainder of the book the Order of the White Dagger will bend their will to capturing and killing the monstrous bastard. Their quest will be interrupted only by the disaster of the Black Death (which threatens Immortals and endangers even Eva). For her sake and for the sake of the Order, Richard has to journey through unprecedented death and terror to confront a horrid creature in the hopes of finding salvation.
With this confrontation we can finally catch a glimpse of the tie in between the author's GODS OF BRONZE SERIES and the IMMORTAL KNIGHT CHRONICLES. Quite a universe Mr. Davis is creating for us.
It is also revealed in this novel that despite all their precautions and deceptions that the Order is not fooling William's Immortals quite as much as they think they are. I figure one of Richard's group has sold out. Only time will tell.
Davis manages to bring all of his characters to life. They are well written, each with their own distinct personality and world view. Full of bloody gore but often quite humorous, this epic adventure of revenge over the centuries is a punchy, smart fantasy/historical novel that kept me intrigued.
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September 6, 2020
Vampire Knight. Dan Davis
Richard of Ashbury has lived for over 200 years. He constantly has had to reinvent himself. Being a vampire is becoming very hard to conceal from mortals. His family history is a very dark one. Not all of it is pleasant. His quests for justice have become his primary driving force. In his heart he is still a good and righteous knight, but if the needs arrive he will do what he has to do to obtain victory. His followers are dwindling even though he has made many of them immortal. Another excellent read!! Enjoyed immensely!!
Richard of Ashbury has lived for over 200 years. He constantly has had to reinvent himself. Being a vampire is becoming very hard to conceal from mortals. His family history is a very dark one. Not all of it is pleasant. His quests for justice have become his primary driving force. In his heart he is still a good and righteous knight, but if the needs arrive he will do what he has to do to obtain victory. His followers are dwindling even though he has made many of them immortal. Another excellent read!! Enjoyed immensely!!
February 16, 2025
These books seriously just keep getting better and better. I am so hooked and already sad to be about half way through. I LOVED the plot twist of Lady Cecilia. Of course she was an immortal and Richard was too blinded by list and his soft spot for women that he completely fell for her. I loved women who are bad guys. I love this series.
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July 13, 2019
Vampire knight
You can get tired of Richard’s mistakes and want him to best himself and somehow he always do. He never disappoints because when he make his mind he always finish his task. I can’t wait to put my eyes on the book 5 of the Chronicles.
You can get tired of Richard’s mistakes and want him to best himself and somehow he always do. He never disappoints because when he make his mind he always finish his task. I can’t wait to put my eyes on the book 5 of the Chronicles.
December 19, 2019
Another Tale Told
This story just keeps you turning the pages as fast as you can. The characters are great and they are all through this book. I don't know where the story will take me but I'm going to find out,on to the next.
This story just keeps you turning the pages as fast as you can. The characters are great and they are all through this book. I don't know where the story will take me but I'm going to find out,on to the next.
September 23, 2020
Another hit out of the park!
What’s not to love about this series? It has everything History, Knights, Vampires, battles, Intrigue, deception, and betrayal. If you have not read this series then you need to start you will not be sorry!
What’s not to love about this series? It has everything History, Knights, Vampires, battles, Intrigue, deception, and betrayal. If you have not read this series then you need to start you will not be sorry!
February 14, 2019
Great!
What a great series! I think this was the best book in the series so far and i highly recommend it.
What a great series! I think this was the best book in the series so far and i highly recommend it.
February 23, 2019
Brilliant
Another brilliantly scripted and thought out book , the best thing is it can goon and on for years long may it continue
Another brilliantly scripted and thought out book , the best thing is it can goon and on for years long may it continue
July 14, 2019
A good read the story continues to grow and grow on you
February 23, 2020
I'm eating these books up!
My ex gal says I read to fast. I told her I don't read fast enough. I need to be on book so and so. Great series. I haven't stopped reading......
My ex gal says I read to fast. I told her I don't read fast enough. I need to be on book so and so. Great series. I haven't stopped reading......
November 29, 2020
A fascinating vampire war fiction that shows knowledge of the battles of France and England in the 14th century. A rousing number of shades of gray heroes and really insipid villens.
June 29, 2022
It was a very good vampire book
August 3, 2023
Exploring the 100-years war starting with the battle of Crecy. Much fast moving than the previous three books.
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