Traitor - Paperback

by E. a. Stewart (Author)

A mage-knight, a lost boy - and treachery...Orlando of Troyes, fight-master of knights' sons in Carcassonne, awaits a promised reward from Simon de Montfort for his loyalty in the crusade against Cathar heretics. Impoverished and stranded in Carcassonne, Orlando believes in a knight's duty, loyalty, and honor. Yet instead of a reward, Simon sends Orlando to plague local villagers with unfair taxes and riotous attacks, a quest that serves only Simon's over-sized ambitions. Soon Orlando is fighting a masked magical knight while finding new betrayals down every alley. Then strangers arrive in Carcassonne. They beguile him with tales of his ancestors' heroics-and ask him to undertake a greater test of loyalty and honor than he could ever imagine. There's a lost boy, they say, and Orlando must rescue him or they all risk dishonor and death.Traitor, a standalone story, joins the series of interrelated 13th century adventure tales, Legends of Valeros.

Author Biography

More than once, E.A. Stewart slept under her desk at a major software company after staying up until 4 a.m. reading a book that transported its reader to another world. It might have been Baker's Company stories or Francis Lymond at large in the world or magical swordsmen under a crescent moon. When she was writing engineering white papers (no more than two clauses per sentence, with no adverbs or adjectives), she remembered that she knew more things. About history and birds and dreams. About calligraphy and the scents of mountain air and sea air. Now she writes adventure stories for curious readers seeking a portal to another world. Annie Stewart lives and writes in Seattle, Washington.