Sir Stalwart - King's Daggers, Bk 1 Author:Dave Duncan Before They Could be Blades...They Were the King's Daggers — Young Stalwart, known as Wart to his fellow students, is expelled from the academy fo King's Blades, only to be plunged into a current of breathless intrigue and danger. Together with Emerald, a former White Sister, Wart must survive sorcery, swordplay, ambush, a chimera, a quag... more »marsh, and more, and uncover a devious plot to assassinate their king...and prove himself worthy of a place among the King's Blades.« less