num_pages: 311
description: Once the legendary knights of the Gabala defended the nine duchies. Their hearts were beautiful; their armor was beyond compare. They were greater than princes, more than men.But they were gone, disappeared through a demon-haunted gateway between worlds. Only one held back -- Manannan, whose every instinct told him to stay. Now he was the coward knight, and in torment.Murder and black magic beset the land. Rumors circulated that the king was enchanted, changed, that his soul was dead . . . and that a reign of terror was about to begin.Now Manannan realized he would have to face his darkest he had no choice but to ride through that dreaded gate and seek out his vanished companions.And the secret he would learn there would tear his soul apart . . . ."A sharp, distinctive medieval fantasy. Dramatic, colorful, taut." -- Locus
language: English
title: Knights of Dark Renown
titlecomplete: Knights of Dark Renown
genres: Adventure, Heroic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Epic Fantasy, Vampires, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 4795
series: Drenai Saga (Chronological Order)
publisher: Del Rey