Perilous Knights
()
About this ebook
But can a stranger who wears a mask with glowing green eyes really be trusted, or are ey part of the swirling plots between Queen Guinevere, the jealous First Consort Arthur, and his scheming magician Merlin? Whatever happens, Lamorak must navigate political intrigue, personal demons, and distracting pleasures to survive being a perilous knight.
Read more from Charles Payseur
Riding Yggdrasil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Werewolf Before Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How the Supervillain Stole Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fieldwork Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Colors of Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Friendly Ghostbusting Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiding Red Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaste of the Forest, Dark and Sweet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComic Book Romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Giant Problem Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHero for the Holidays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLuc Orphelin and the Hodag of Rhinelander Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerilous Knights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Perilous Knights
Related ebooks
Perilous Knights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Return of the Disappearing Duke Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Damsel in Distress Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Marriage Rescue Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hero and the Crown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Passion, Purity And The Prince Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Child's Curse: A Touching Time Prequel Novella: Touching Time, #0 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWeb Of Light: Web Of Light Duology, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sinful Art of Revenge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoyal Reaper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rake Of Hollowhurst Castle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Reluctant Queen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Dark Radiance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rake and the Writer: The Ashbourne Legacy, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rogue and the Rose: The Ashbourne Legacy, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMasks of Scorpio [Dray Prescot #31] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Daughter of Idet: Knights of Vallor, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Flight of the Whisper King Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Christening Quest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe King’s Quest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Elder Stone Guardian (Book I) Fantasy Fiction Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tangled Web: Allan's Miscellany 1846: Allan's Miscellany, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Group of Noble Dames Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prince of the Moon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stormsinger: Storms in Amethir, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHis Two Royal Secrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNoble Falling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warrior Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca of the Baskervilles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Pretender: Royal Conquest Saga, #6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Gay Fiction For You
The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exquisite Corpse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pomegranate: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kiss Her Once for Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5City of Night Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Him: Him, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Querelle of Roberval Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maurice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Are Water: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lie With Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silver in the Wood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Lonely Broadcast: Book One Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5White Trash Warlock Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Young Mungo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Orlando: A Biography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Marvellous Light Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Zombie: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Us: Him, #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jonny Appleseed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Was: a novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Faggots Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Wall: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Charioteer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reality of Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Line of Beauty: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Persian Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Violent Delights: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Perilous Knights
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Perilous Knights - Charles Payseur
Perilous Knights
By Charles Payseur
Published by JMS Books LLC
Visit jms-books.com for more information.
Copyright 2023 Charles Payseur
ISBN 9781685504076
Cover Design: Written Ink Designs | written-ink.com
Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.
All rights reserved.
WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.
This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It may contain sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which might be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Published in the United States of America.
* * * *
Perilous Knights
By Charles Payseur
Energy crackled at the base of Lamorak’s skull, hot nearly to burning. He gritted his teeth and flexed, the suit coming to life around him, standing from its crouch. Images came in fits—a field; a figure twenty-feet tall, painted black and red, with green glowing eyes; a mechanical hand; a woman’s face, scarred and stern and frowning; a field, suddenly getting closer. He braced as the suit crashed to its knees, then its chest, the pain in his neck finally too much to bear as he cried out and hit the kill. Darkness.
Lam?
a voice asked through one of the crystals surrounding his head. Close. Worried.
Lamorak wished the voice didn’t remind him of all the things he was running from. All the ways he was a failure, and unless by some miracle he could change his fortune, he’d be forced to swallow his pride and return home in defeat.
Lam, are you okay?
the voice asked.
Fine, Percy,
he said, despite wanting nothing more than to fill the tight confines of the suit with a litany of his best curses. Can you get me out of here?
Hah,
Ruwena, his senior squire, barked. Hers was the face he had seen, and it sounded like she was wearing the same disapproving expression. You collapsed on the hatch, so you’re stuck until we can get the mules over to flip you. Serves you right for trying to walk before you can crawl.
I don’t have time for this, Ru,
he said. The tourney is tomorrow, and if I can’t earn enough, I’ll either have to sell the suit or my body to cover what I owe to Sir Breuse.
I’m not the one who decided to take money from that crook of a knight,
Ruwena said. And I’m certainly not the one who decided to run away from home because of some silly fight with my father.
It wasn’t like that, Ruwena,
Percy said, his voice breaking as he spoke. If Father had his way…
Enough, Percy,
Lamorak said, harsher than he’d intended. But he didn’t need to be defended by his little brother, and he really didn’t want to be reminded of why he had left the comforts of his father’s castle for the perils of the road.
Whatever the case, you shouldn’t have pushed the interface,
Ruwena said, brushing away the familial drama about which she had never once asked. She was old for a squire, but she knew more about suits than anyone Lamorak had met, including his father’s chief squire, who had been through four campaigns in Hessia and a stint in the Royal Stable.
There was too much feedback,
Lamorak said. Which was putting it lightly. More like the blasted thing had nearly melted his brain.
Which I told you would happen without a properly calibrated ghost box,
Ruwena said.
Lamorak bit back an angry comment about how of course it would, but it had taken all he could afford even with the money he borrowed from Sir Breuse to get the salvaged ghost box they had. It wouldn’t help his case to piss off his senior squire even more. So he said nothing, not willing to concede by apologizing or admitting he was wrong.
Look, I’ll take another swing at getting it more in line,
Ruwena said, but we’re going to need a new cognition seal and we’re running low on coal.
Lamorak closed his eyes. In the darkness of the suit, it hardly made a difference. Well, he had joked about it…
Percy, has the queen’s party arrived?
he asked, knowing he’d have an easier time with knights from Camelot.
For a moment, there was silence, and when Percy answered, it was a whisper. Yeah,
he said. About thirty knights that I saw, including Pelleas, Gaheris, Agravaine, Uwain, Dina—
Uwain?
Lamorak interrupted. This would be easier than he thought.
I’m getting the mules,
Ruwena said.
Lamorak couldn’t even watch her walk away. His mind was already running through scenarios, plans. And then he remembered the images he had seen, the field and Ruwena’s face and…that figure.
Percy, did you see a suit right before I fell?
he asked. Black and red, with green glowing eyes.
Another pause. Somehow Percy had gotten into his head that Lamorak needed protecting. Probably that was why he had insisted on following when Lamorak had left. He was far too mature for his age. But eventually he did speak.
Yes,
Percy said. It’s all people have been talking about since they arrived.
Which Lamorak would have known if