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The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig — book slip

The Knave and the Moon

Adult · Expected September 1, 2026

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Dark FantasyCourt IntrigueRomantasy
Tropes & Themes
Captive/CaptorPolitical IntrigueRebellionSecretsCorrupt RoyaltyDark Savioramnesiatournamentpower struggle
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1 of 2 published

Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead—and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride.

To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets.

Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquish him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom’s faith—and herself—in the process.

But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the tournament lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil’s ticket to undoing Benji’s power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves, where a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom’s faith is to save it.

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Series, incomplete1 of 2 published · 2025
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