Knight Issue #1

Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Knight of Darkness® Marvel Comic

Original Publication Date: December 03, 2007

Setting: Val Sans Retour, Camelot

The world of best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s dark spin on the Arthurian mythos returns in this adaptation of the second book of the Lords of Avalon series! Varian duFey may be the son of evil Adoni sorceress Narishka duFey, but he turned his dark heritage to the side of good, acting as Avalon’s most deadly assassin. Though hated and mistrusted by the other knights whose cause he shares, when someone begins killing Grail Knights, Merlin sends her darkest knight on a quest that leads him directly to his mother and to a hag named Merewyn, who is more than she seems.

COVER BY: TOMMY OHTSUKA
WRITER: ROBIN FURTH
SHERRILYN KENYON
PENCILS: TOMMY OHTSUKA
INKS: TOMMY OHTSUKA
COLORED BY: TOMMY OHTSUKA
LETTERED BY: BILL TORTOLINI

Characters

Varian

The hero

The son of Morgen's second-in-command Narishka and fallen Round Table knight Lancelot, Varian has never belonged anywhere. His mother banished him from the fey world while his father hated him throughout his childhood in Camelot. Mysterious, powerful and lethal, he's taken his place as the dark armored assassin of Avalon. When one of the Grail knights is murdered by his mother, he finds himself fighting for the very ones who fear and reject...
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Merewyn

The heroine

  Once the most beautiful woman in her kingdom, Merewyn traded her beauty to escape a loveless marriage. Little did she know, her bargain would be permanent. For centuries, she's been trapped as a hag and forced to serve in Morgen's court. But now her oldest enemy has offered her another bargain...
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Hints

KOD spent a combined total of 15 weeks on bestseller lists. Sherri is the only author who's placed both a historical set and contemporary set paranormal series on the NYT print lists.

Additional Scenes

Working with Marvel was a lifelong dream of Sherri's.