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Rachel Gillig, who has been called “the queen of gothic romantasy,” will discuss her latest book, The Knave and the Moon, on Friday, Sept. 4, at Vanderbilt University. Gillig will be in conversation with author Hannah Whitten beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium, 2209 Garland Ave. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
The event is hosted by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and Dialogue Vanderbilt in collaboration with Parnassus Books.
Tickets for the talk are $33.00 each (plus Eventbrite fees) and include one general admission seat and a pre-signed copy of The Knave and the Moon, to be published by Orbit Books on Sept. 1. There will be no signing line for book personalizations or an author photo line at this event.
About the book
Gillig returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries and deeper longings in this sequel to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling sensation The Knight and the Moth.
Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead, and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquish him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom’s faith—and herself—in the process.
But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the tournament lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil’s ticket to undoing Benji’s power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves and a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom’s faith is to save it.
About the author
Gillig is the No. 1 New York Times and No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Knight and the Moth and The Shepherd King series. An artist and retired preschool teacher, she has a B.A. in literary theory and criticism from UC Davis. When not ensconced in blankets dreaming up her next novel, she is in her garden or walking with her husband, son and their poodle, Wally.
About the moderator
Whitten is a New York Times bestselling author of dark, romantic fantasy best known for her Wilderwood duology and the Nightshade Kingdom trilogy. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, making music or attempting to bake. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in a house ruled by a temperamental cat.