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The Knight

First Edition
Author	Gene Wolfe
Cover artist	Gregory Manchess
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Wizard Knight
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	January 3rd 2004
Media type	Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages	432
ISBN	0-7653-0989-0
OCLC	52943139
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Class	PS3573.O52 K58 2004
Followed by	The Wizard

The Knight is a fantasy novel written by American author Gene Wolfe.^[1] It depicts the journey of an American boy transported to a magical realm and aged to adulthood who soon thereafter becomes a knight. The first of a two-part tale known collectively as The Wizard Knight is told in an epistolary style, and contains elements from Norse, Arthurian, and Christian Mythology. It received a nomination for the Nebula Award in 2005.

Plot summary

The story opens with an older narrator recounting a great adventure. He is left alone in a cabin in the wilderness by himself for a few days. He goes for a hike and ends up chasing a flying castle he sees in the sky until he is abducted by "a lot of people". He awakens to find himself at the mouth of a cave by the sea. He is greeted by a fortune teller who calls him Able of the High Heart and turns his walking stick into a bow. He soon after discovers his chivalrous destiny and embarks on a quest to travel this strange new land.

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