The Blood Knight

{{short description|2006 novel by Greg Keyes}}

{{Other uses|Blood Knight (disambiguation){{!}}Blood Knight}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = The Blood Knight

| title_orig =

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| image = The Blood Knight.jpg

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| author = Greg Keyes

| cover_artist = Stephen Youll

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone

| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Del Rey Books

| release_date = 2006

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 495 pp

| isbn = 0-345-44068-4

| dewey= 813/.54 22

| congress= PS3561.E79 B58 2006

| oclc= 64065957

| preceded_by = The Charnel Prince

| followed_by = The Born Queen

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The Blood Knight is a fantasy novel by Greg Keyes. It's a sequel to The Charnel Prince and the third book of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone.

Plot summary

In this third novel of the series, Anne Dare continues her flight from her Uncle's minions, with the help of the dessrator Cazio and the knight Sir Neil MeqVren. The Holter Aspar White and the monk Stephen Darige continue on their own path, attempting to unravel the mysteries of the Briar King. Anne's mother, Queen Muriele, remains imprisoned by the usurper, Robert, while the musician Leoff engages in a dangerous game of deceit with Robert, attempting to recreate a lost dark art.