title: The Blood Knight (The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 3)
author: Greg Keyes
description: Praise for Greg Keyes and his novels of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone<br /><br /><br />The Charnel Prince <br /><br />There is adventure and intrigue, swordplay and dark sorcery aplenty.<br />Realms of Fantasy<br /><br />Keyess world is rich, detailed and always believable; the twisty plot is delightful and frightening in turns.<br />Locus<br /><br />Strong world building and superior storytelling.<br />Library Journal<br /><br /><br />The Briar King<br /><br />A wonderful tale . . . It crackles with suspense and excitement from start to finish.<br />Terry Brooks<br /><br />A graceful, artful tale from a master storyteller . . . [The novel] starts off with a bang, spinning a snare of terse imagery and compelling characters that grips tightly and never lets up.<br />Elizabeth Haydon, bestselling author of Prophecy: Child of Earth<br /><br />Epic high fantasy . . . Keyes mixes cultures, religions, institutions, and languages with rare skill.<br />Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br /><i><br /><br /></i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  ![Cover for The Knight](../Images/cover.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE KNIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
  SKYE WARREN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles
  embracing the thorn.”
  
  
  
  
  
  – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](../Text/coverpage.html)
  
  
  [Title Page](../Text/c1.html#i1)
  
  
  [Epigraph](../Text/c2.html#i2)
  
  
  [_Chapter One_](../Text/c3.html#i3)
  
  
  [_Chapter Two_](../Text/c4.html#i4)
  
  
  [_Chapter Three_](../Text/c5.html#i5)
  
  
  [_Chapter Four_](../Text/c6.html#i6)
  
  
  [_Chapter Five_](../Text/c7.html#i7)
  
  
  [_Chapter Six_](../Text/c8.html#i8)
  
  
  [_Chapter Seven_](../Text/c9.html#i9)
  
  
  [_Chapter Eight_](../Text/c10.html#i10)
  
  
  [_Chapter Nine_](../Text/c11.html#i11)
  
  
  [_Chapter Ten_](../Text/c12.html#i12)
  
  
  [_Chapter Eleven_](../Text/c13.html#i13)
  
  
  [_Chapter Twelve_](../Text/c14.html#i14)
  
  
  [_Chapter Thirteen_](../Text/c15.html#i15)
  
  
  [_Chapter Fourteen_](../Text/c16.html#i16)
  
  
  [_Chapter Fifteen_](../Text/c17.html#i17)
  
  
  [_Chapt