The King's Peace

Jo Walton

Tom Doherty Associates, Aug 19, 2002 - Fiction - 544 pages

Sulian ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.

Thus begins her story-a story that will take her to Caer Tanaga, where King Urdo struggles to bind together the squabbling nobles and petty princes into a unified force that will drive out the barbarians and restore the King's Peace.

Ringing with the clash of arms, rich with high magic and everyday life, The King's Peace is an epic of great deeds and down-to-earth people, told in language with the strength and flexibility of sharpened steel.

What people are saying

Review: The King's Peace (Tir Tanagiri #1)

User Review  - Bethany Joy - Goodreads

Jo Walton has been my new favorite in the sci-fi and fantasy world recently, but this book just didn't do it for me. Let's face it, retelling Arthurian legends is nothing new in the fantasy world ...

Review: The King's Peace (Tir Tanagiri #1)

User Review  - April - Goodreads

I see what she's doing with the parallel to Roman/Celtic/Viking/Irish/Pict world. It should be a world and a book I really like, but I can't get into the narrator or the characters, so I find myself ...

About the author

Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on publication of her debut novel The King's Peace. Her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The King's Peace; Volume 1 of Sulien Series
• Author: Jo Walton
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002
• ISBN: 0765343274, 9780765343277
• Length: 544 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Fantasy / General