One Good Knight

Its place in Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms

One Good Knight is book 2 in the Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series. It follows The Fairy Godmother. It is followed by Fortune's Fool. See the full Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms reading order.

In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, a magical force called the Tradition is constantly trying to bend people's lives into the shape of familiar fairy tales, for better or worse — press too many of the right conditions together and it will make you into a Cinderella, a Beast, or a wicked stepmother whether you want the part or not. Mercedes Lackey's series follows the trained professionals who work with and against that force: Fairy Godmothers, wandering knights, and other Tradition-aware operators who nudge doomed…