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Monday, August 14, 2023

Spotlight on Knight's Wyrd by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

KNIGHT’S WYRD (Tor Essentials; 8-22-23) is now available! After more than twenty years out of print, Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald's Mythopoeic Fantasy Award-winning dark mediaeval fantasy KNIGHT’S WYRD is back with a brand new edition featuring an introduction by Sherwood Smith.

On the eve of his knighting, Will Oddoson learned his wyrd, or destiny: He shall meet death before a year has passed. Will decides to release his betrothed from their engagement and rushes up North. However, on his journey, he is beset by all manners of horrors, such as man-eating trolls, carnivorous mermaids and a magic working dragon. And he encounters something far worse; an evil unlike Will has ever faced nor imagined. Originally published ahead of its time, KNIGHT’S WYRD is an award-winning gem that’s perfect for revival and will appeal to fans of books like Hild and Spear, and films like The Green Knight.

Praise for KNIGHT’S WYRD

"Doyle and Macdonald got as close to what delighted our mediaeval ancestors as a contemporary person can, giving us a tale that might have been shared on snowy winters’ evenings during the time when jousting and tournaments were still being fought. Questions of honor and meaning, friendship and enmity, horror and awe, and of course laughter, entertained people a millennium ago, as they do now. Knight’s Wyrd shimmers with emotional complexity and liminal engagement with the numinous, evoking the mindset of a thousand years ago in a way that I find essential for a mediaeval story." —Sherwood Smith


“A complex, beautifully structured mediaeval wonder tale” —Lilith Saintcrow, New York Times bestselling author

About Debra Doyle

Debra Doyle (she/her) [1952-2020] lived in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Her previous SF novels co-written with James D. Macdonald (he/him)  include The Price of the Stars, Starpilot's Grave, By Honor Betray'd, The Gathering Flame, The Long Hunt, and The Stars Asunder. Their fantasy novel Knight's Wyrd won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.

About James D. Macdonald

James D. Macdonald (he/him) lives in Colebrook, New Hampshire. His previous SF novels co-written with Debra Doyle (she/her) include The Price of the Stars, Starpilot's Grave, By Honor Betray'd, The Gathering Flame, The Long Hunt, and The Stars Asunder. Their fantasy novel, Knight's Wyrd, won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.

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