SEVEN NOBLE KNIGHTS
Gonzalo, the
youngest of the seven noble knights of Lara, singlehandedly lifts a siege, but
it is his uncle who is rewarded with a bride. Lambra, the beautiful young
noblewoman in question, accepts the marriage out of obligation. Her humiliation
truly begins at her wedding, when her brave but hotheaded new nephew
accidentally kills her adored cousin right before her eyes, scattering the dead
knight’s teeth across the riverbank. Coveting his family’s wealth and power,
Lambra sends Gonzalo’s father to be beheaded in enemy territory and unleashes a
revenge that devastates Castile for fifteen years.
A new hero, Mudarra,
rises up from the ashes of Gonzalo’s once great family. Raised to be a great
warrior in the opulent civilization of Muslim Córdoba, Mudarra would rather
catch falling almond blossoms as if they were snowflakes than face his own
turbulent history. He makes a grueling journey, changes his religion and chooses
to take his jeweled sword to the throats of his betrayers. But it’s only when
he strays from the path set for him that he finds his true purpose in life.
The novel is
based on a possible historical incident. Whether or not it really happened, the
tale is full of emotional truth that has captured imaginations ever since. My
version gives today’s readers a story with the appeal of exotic locations and
universal concepts like family, honor, and greed without sacrificing historical
plausibility. I’m doing research now for a possible sequel and a third book set
in the same fascinating era.
Watch my minute-long pitch for The Seven Noble Knights of Lara (former title) at the Naperville Pitchapalooza with The Book Doctors, 2013. It goes by fast!
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