Protector of the Small · Book 4
Lady Knight
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 429
- ISBN-13
- 9780375814655
- Type
- novel
About this book
Pierce closed the quartet with Lady Knight in 2002, its longest volume at 429 pages -- published annually across all four years. It builds to a genuine large-scale war, testing Kel's leadership under conditions the earlier training arc could only prepare her for in theory.
Its place in Protector of the Small
Lady Knight is book 4 in the Protector of the Small series. It follows Squire. See the full Protector of the Small reading order.
Protector of the Small follows Keladry of Mindelan, the first girl to train openly for knighthood in Tortall since a law change opened the pages' training to girls -- unlike Alanna, who had to disguise herself as a boy a generation earlier, Kel trains as herself, in full view of instructors and fellow pages who range from supportive to openly hostile. That difference reframes the same basic knighthood-training premise Song of the Lioness used: where Alanna's struggle was concealment, Kel's is enduring visible…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780375814655