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Knight Moves

Walter Jon Williams (1985)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.58

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

GriefDepression

Hero archetypes

ImmortalReluctant Hero

Synopsis

A Philip K Dick Award-nominated novel. Eight hundred years ago Doran Falkner gave humanity the stars, and he now lives with his regrets on a depopulated Earth among tumbledown ruins and ancient dreams brought to life by modern technology. But word now comes that alien life has been discovered on a distant world, life so strange and impossible that the revelation of its secrets could change everything. A disillusioned knight on the chessboard of the gods, Doran must confront his own lost promise, his lost love, and his lost humanity, to make the move that will revive the fortunes both of humans and aliens . . .

Tags

Science FictionSpace OperaPhilosophical SFLiterary SF