num_pages: 155
description: Gilberic Parzival Moth is a strange and lonely boy who has grown up without a father raised by a single mother who moves from town to town in fear of something she will not name. His only friends are animals with whom he has always been able to speak. But when he awakens one night at the Thirteenth Hour and sees for the first time the cruel reality of the secret rule of Elf over Man he begins to learn about his true heritage the heritage of Twilight. And when his mother finally tells him the terrible truth of her past he must choose whether to continue running with her in fear or learning how to fight against ancient powers that are ageless soulless and ultimately damned. SWAN KNIGHT'S SON is the first book of THE GREEN KNIGHT'S SQUIRE the first volume of MOTH &amp; COBWEB an astonishing new series about magical worlds of Day Night and Twilight by John C. Wright. John C. Wright is one of the living grandmasters of science fiction and the author of THE GOLDEN AGE AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND and IRON CHAMBER OF MEMORY to name just three of his exceptional books. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award for the Hugo Award and his novel SOMEWHITHER won the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at Dragoncon.
language: English
title: Swan Knight's Son
publisher: Castalia House