The Knight and the Moth - The Stonewater Kingdom by Rachel Gillig

Book Synopsis

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight.

Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.

Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral's cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.

Review Quotes

"In a fairytale that'll leave you in a trance, Rachel Gillig weaves together romance, magic and folklore into one dazzling story. This is perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Ava Reid."

--B&N Reads

Brimming with beguiling prose, and a dangerous magical world, The Knight and the Moth sparkles with wit and a slow burn romance that left me breathless and impatient for the next installment. Rachel Gillig wrote a gorgeous tale I won't ever shut up about. --Isabel Ibanez, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy--gargoyles! gods! girls in armor!--alongside a serious examination of faith, fealty, and the powers they serve. It's a fairy tale with bruised knuckles, perfectly balanced between the mythic and the desperately human. Simply stunning."--Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"The Knight and the Moth is a lavender-drenched dream. Transportive and pacy, Gillig delivers sparkling romantic tension, eerie atmosphere, and the most unique, endearing characters I've read in a long while. The signs are clear--readers won't be able to put down this adventurous, dark gem of a book."

--Kalie Cassidy, author of In the Veins of the Drowning

"Delicate and delicious in every way, boasting a fascinating premise, a uniquely dark Gothic atmosphere, and the sort of worldbuilding that's bursting with vivid imagery and shockingly lived-in detail...Gillig's atmospheric prose has never been better."

--Paste

"Full of haunting, Gothic-tinged prose and boasting what is likely the most gorgeous cover of anything hitting shelves this year, Gillig's latest is stunning in every way."

--Paste

"Gillig excels at creating an eerie world, rife with creepy legends and macabre creatures, sure to please any fan of gothic fantasy; it's a perfect setting for the love-to-hate-you romance between Six and Myndacious. Excellent for fans of Deborah Harkness, Sarah A. Parker, or Leigh Bardugo."

--Library Journal

"Gillig's creative world building and riveting plot will have readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the Stonewater Kingdom series."

--Booklist

"Gothic and thrilling, The Knight and the Moth cements Gillig as one of our finest romantasy writers."

--Elle

"The premise feels fresh and the worldbuilding is inventive."

--Publishers Weekly

"A gothic, romantic fairytale that feels like falling into a dark, strange dream -- one you won't want to wake from. With twisty parables, monstrous divinities, a slow-burn romance and magic with a deadly cost, the story of The Knight and the Moth unfolds like peeling back a gossamer shroud. Gillig has done it again -- I'm obsessed."--Amélie Wen Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

"Dreamy prose, characters so vibrant they breathe on the page, a romance that smolders, and a spellbinding world to get lost in...The Knight and the Moth is one of the best books I've read this year. Prepare to meet your next obsession."--Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals

"Haunting, elegant and lovely, The Knight and the Moth is that rare fantasy gem: both a thrilling quest and an exquisite love story." --Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Burning Kingdoms Trilogy

"I'm obsessed with Rachel Gillig. The Knight and the Moth is achingly romantic, richly imagined, and told with a gossamer delicacy that keeps the pages flying."--Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King

"The queen of Gothic romantasy returns! The Knight and the Moth is as dangerous as it is whimsical, and entirely unputdownable."--Allison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide

"With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is a dazzlingly transportive tale of love, salvation, and freedom that cements Gillig as one of the finest fantasy writers of our age. You will never want to surface from these enchanting, depthless waters."--Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

About the Author

Rachel Gillig was born and raised on the California coast. She is a writer and a teacher, with a B.A. in Literary Theory and Criticism from UC Davis. If she is not ensconced in blankets dreaming up her next novel, Rachel is in her garden or walking with her husband, son, and their poodle, Wally.