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Knight of Darkness Issue 2
About the Book
Original Publication Date: December 24, 2008
Setting: Val Sans Retour, Camelot
From the internationally #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next explosive volume her fans have been begging for. Varian du Fey is a man caught between the battle for humanity and our survival. The illegitimate son of Lancelot and an evil Adoni who serves as Morgen le Fey’s right hand, his loyalties are split. If that wasn’t enough to ostracize him, he is also the assassin for Merlin in a war that has spread through time and dimensions. Now he is forced to choose once more between walking the path of darkness where he would be king or doing what’s right stopping Morgen le Fey’s army. The only problem is a small, cursed woman who has promised to deliver him to his enemies and one he has sworn to protect. His quest for...
Characters
The Hero: Varian
The son of Morgen's second-in-command Narishka and fallen Round Table knight Lancelot, Varian has never belonged anywhere. His mother banished him from the fey world while his father hated him throughout his childhood in Camelot. Mysterious, powerful and lethal, he's taken his place as the dark armored assassin of Avalon. When one of the Grail knights is murdered by his mother, he finds himself fighting for the very ones who fear and ...
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The Heroine: Merewyn
Once the most beautiful woman in her kingdom, Merewyn traded her beauty to escape a loveless marriage. Little did she know, her bargain would be permanent. For centuries, she's been trapped as a hag and forced to serve in Morgen's court. But now her oldest enemy has offered her another bargain...
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Merewyn
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Merlin
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Morgen Le Fey
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Narishka
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Varian
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Arthur
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Blaise
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Brevalaer
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Dame Fortune
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Draig
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Elaine
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Faran
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Galahad
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Garafyn
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Gawain
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Guinevere
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Sherrilyn
The Story Behind The Story
A lifelong fan of comics, Sherri's older brother taught her to read by using Spiderman comics. Her current collection spans decades, and ranges in the thousands of plastic covered issues that she's protected during her lifetime.
The concept for Lords of Avalon was born while Sherri was working on a thesis about how the Courtly Love movement was heavily influenced by Arthurian legend and Celtic tradition. While reading for her paper, she was struck with the idea that if Camelot had been real, what happened after the battle of Baden Hill? Not everyone died there. What happened to those beloved characters the next day?
In her world, centuries have passed since the death of Arthur and Camelot is in the hands of Morgen and her evil court while those of the Round Table who survived have retreated to Avalon where they continue to wage war against evil.
Sherri has been...
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Book Excerpt
Setting: Val Sans Retour, Camelot From the internationally #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next explosive volume her fans have been begging for. Varian du Fey is a man caught between the battle for humanity and our survival. The illegitimate son of Lancelot and an evil Adoni who serves as Morgen le Fey’s right [...]
Book Synopsis
Setting: Val Sans Retour, Camelot
From the internationally #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next explosive volume her fans have been begging for. Varian du Fey is a man caught between the battle for humanity and our survival. The illegitimate son of Lancelot and an evil Adoni who serves as Morgen le Fey’s right hand, his loyalties are split. If that wasn’t enough to ostracize him, he is also the assassin for Merlin in a war that has spread through time and dimensions. Now he is forced to choose once more between walking the path of darkness where he would be king or doing what’s right stopping Morgen le Fey’s army. The only problem is a small, cursed woman who has promised to deliver him to his enemies and one he has sworn to protect. His quest for honor will either be his ultimate salvation or the death of the entire world of man.
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COVER BY: TOMMY OHTSUKA
WRITER: ROBIN FURTH
SHERRILYN KENYON
PENCILS: TOMMY OHTSUKA
INKS: TOMMY OHTSUKA
COLORED BY: TOMMY OHTSUKA
LETTERED BY: BILL TORTOLINI
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The Story Behind the Story
A lifelong fan of comics, Sherri's older brother taught her to read by using Spiderman comics. Her current collection spans decades, and ranges in the thousands of plastic covered issues that she's protected during her lifetime.
The concept for Lords of Avalon was born while Sherri was working on a thesis about how the Courtly Love movement was heavily influenced by Arthurian legend and Celtic tradition. While reading for her paper, she was struck with the idea that if Camelot had been real, what happened after the battle of Baden Hill? Not everyone died there. What happened to those beloved characters the next day?
In her world, centuries have passed since the death of Arthur and Camelot is in the hands of Morgen and her evil court while those of the Round Table who survived have retreated to Avalon where they continue to wage war against evil.
Sherri has been studying Arthurian legends since she was seven years old. She even reads the Mabinogion in Welsh, as well as having worked on translations of Chretien de Troyes and Chaucer for her professors while in college.
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Working with Marvel was a lifelong dream of Sherri's.