Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of Knight of the Black Rose (Ravenloft Terror of Lord Soth, Vol. 1)

Knight of the Black Rose (Ravenloft Terror of Lord Soth, Vol. 1)
reviewed on + 1453 more book reviews


What happens when a good man turns evil? Can he become good again? Read this tale to see.

This is the story of a good knight, indeed a knight that stands for all things good, who becomes not just bad but evil. His story really begins for me when he organizes the murder of his wife so he can marry a lovely elf maiden who has captured his eye. The elf maiden carries his child but when a group of elf women tell him that she has been unfaithful he lets her and the baby perish in a fire. But this is only the beginning of his many horrific deeds. Murder becomes a way of life. Only thirteen knights stay with him when he is banished from the Order of the Rose and his rose turns black. The gods have determined that all of them shall exist only in an undead form.

Little can harm or kill the undead so the knight sets out on a journey to locate the soul of a woman with whom he can exist forever. The story tells of his journey, the battles he fights, those he kills, and the acquaintances he makes along the way.

Can a bad/evil man become good? Read this book to discover for yourself what happens to one such man.