True Knight

by Susan Dexter

Book Overview

Wren has no memory of a time before a wizard pulled an otter from his fish-trap, and her master's divining cards cannot tell her from whence she came.Titch is fighting his way from orphan stable-boy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345393457
• ISBN13: 9780345393456
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

I read this book in one day.... I couldn't put it down.

This book has it all... a great love story, the good guy, the bad guy, the beautiful girl, something for everyone. You can't help but love the main character. Everyone has a bad day once in a while but after reading how Tich copes with the hand life deals him... you decided you can overcome anything.

Another Wonderful Book by Susan Dexter!

Titch had trained his whole life to become a knight. If his father, a knight, hadn't died suddenly, he felt sure that he would have become a knight's squire and eventually a knight himself. However, his father passed away while Titch was young and so Titch had to train himself and enter whatever contests he could to win arms, armor and other knightly accoutrements. Titch finally felt that he was ready to strike out on his own and travel to some of the tourneys in outlying areas to make a name for himself and eventually win his knighthood. Unfortunately, Titch made the mistake of challenging Gerein, a knight riding the most amazing horse that Titch had ever seen, and lost. Gerein could have demanded Titch's arms, armor and horse in exchange, but he did not. Before he knew it, Titch found himself covering for Gerein and eventually taking an arrow and a spear in the side for him.Luckily, Wren, an apprentice magician and shape shifter, and her master, Galvin, found Titch as he lay dying and were able to nurse him back to health. When Titch was healed, he hunted Gerein down to force the truth out of him. Due to one misadventure after another, Titch soon finds himself employed in the terrible queen's guard with Gerein, forced to guard the wizards who had saved his life while they sought out the queen's son who had been magically turned into a swan. Along the way, Titch finds out that Wren is much more than a simple apprentice and Gerein's masterful horse is definitely more than he seems...This is the third book in the Warhorse of Esdragon series and it is my favorite after the Prince of Ill Luck (the first in the series). All three books, the Prince of Ill Luck, the Wind Witch, and the True Knight are stand alone books in that they deal with completely different characters each time so anyone can pick up The True Knight and enjoy it. The common thread between the three is Valadan, the magical warhorse of Esdragon, and the geographical settings. The characters in this book were just delightful and Titch tried so hard to be a knight and to hold to the ways of honor as he had been taught, even when circumstances deemed otherwise. Although the reader knows who Wren is from very early on, she too is a delightful character and it is fun to watch her progression and to see how she discovers her true identity. The plot had a nice smooth progression and Susan Dexter's wonderful sly sense of humor is much in evidence (though not so much as in The Prince of Ill Luck). I highly recommend this book to any fantasy lover - I simply cannot believe that it is out of print! Also, whatever happened to this author? I have read everything she has written and am waiting for more!

Where did she go?

I own and love all of Susan Dexter's books. Where did she go? This book was good, tho The Wind Witch was my favorite.

An excellent entry in the Warhorse of Esdragon series

While not quite as enjoyable as The Prince of Ill-Luck, The True Knight is a noticeable improvement over the previous installment in the series, The Wind-Witch. The True Knight possesses Dexter's usual sly humor and strong sense of characterization; Wren and Titch are well developed characters who remain themselves throughout the entire book-- no sudden and implausible character changes here! Dexter's strong point is questing adventures, and The True Knight is a fine example of what the standard in fantasy ought to be. Unstereotypical and fresh, The True Knight is a must-read (after The Prince of Ill-Luck) for a fantasy lover.

A sweet and entertaining story with compelling characters

This engaging story of medieval misunderstanding between Titch, an orphaned would-be knight, and Wren, an apprentice wizard who has lost her past, is full of great characters and weird and wonderful plot twists. Titch's misadventures while trying desperately to hold on to honor and win a knighthood combine with Wren's quest for her past and a subplot of deceit and violence to create a dramatic storyline. Nearly every character is drawn well, and the romance angle is very nicely done. One only wishes that Dexter did not sprinkle so many hits about who Wren really is. Even so, "The True Knight" is head and shoulders (and hopefully a magical horse) above most other standard fantasy titles. It's too bad that it is the last of a trilogy; I was so drawn in that I wanted to hear more about the world and characters of "The True Knight." --The writer is an ex-D & D gamemaster currently involved in creating his own role playing game.