Knight Issue #4

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

Original Publication Date: February 25, 2008

Setting: Val Sans Retour, Camelot

King Arthur is dead, but his warriors fight on in this new take on the Arthurian legend by #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SHERRILYN KENYON. Varian, Merlin’s foremost assassin, is trying to survive the infamous Val Sans Retour where every minute is filled with threats and narrow escapes. As he fights to return to Merlin and save the grail knights, the questions about Varian’s past continue to mount. Why is the son of Narishka, a supporter of the evil queen Morgen, an assassin for Avalon? Though some of these questions will be answered, an even bigger one comes when the ghost of Sagremor, a long-dead Knight from the Round Table, blocks his way, declaring Varian a TRAITOR! The adventure continues in LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS saga!!

COVER BY: TOMMY OHTSUKA
WRITER: ROBIN FURTH
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.