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The Knight and the Moth

the spellbinding gothic romantasy from multi-million-copy bestseller Rachel Gillig

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The Knight and the Moth

By: Rachel Gillig
Narrated by: Samantha Hydeson
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'Dreamy prose, characters so vibrant they breathe on the page, a romance that smoulders, and a spellbinding world to get lost in. Prepare to meet your next obsession' Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals

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From New York Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy phenomenon: a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a prophetess who is forced on an impossible quest with the one devilishly handsome knight whose future is beyond her sight.

Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.

Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral's cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.

Praise for The Knight and the Moth:

'The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy: gargoyles! gods! girls in armour! alongside a serious examination of faith, fealty, and the powers they serve. It's a fairy tale with bruised knuckles, perfectly balanced between the mythic and the desperately human. Simply stunning' Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House

'Haunting, elegant and lovely, The Knight and the Moth is that rare fantasy gem: both a thrilling quest and an exquisite love story' Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Burning Kingdoms trilogy

'With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is dazzlingly transportive tale of love, salvation, and freedom that cements Gillig as one of the finest fantasy writers of our age. You will never want to surface from these enchanting, depthless waters' Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning

'I'm obsessed with Rachel Gillig. The Knight and the Moth is achingly romantic, richly imagined, and told with a gossamer delicacy that keeps the pages flying' Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King

'A gothic, romantic fairy tale that feels like falling into a dark, strange dream - one you won't want to wake from. Gillig has done it again - I'm obsessed' Amélie Wen Zhao, author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

'Brimming with beguiling prose, and a dangerous magical world, The Knight and the Moth sparkles with wit and a slow burn romance that left me breathless and impatient for the next instalment' Isabel Ibañez, author of What the River Knows

'The Knight and the Moth is a lavender-drenched dream. Readers won't be able to put down this adventurous, dark gem of a book' Kalie Cassidy, author of In the Veins of the Drowning©2025 Rachel Gillig Fantasy Heartfelt Dream Extrasensory Perception
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Critic reviews

With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is dazzlingly transportive tale of love, salvation, and freedom that cements Gillig as one of the finest fantasy writers of our age. You will never want to surface from these enchanting, depthless waters (Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning)
A gothic, romantic fairy tale that feels like falling into a dark, strange dream - one you won't want to wake from. With twisty parables, monstrous divinities, a slow-burn romance and magic with a deadly cost, the story of THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH unfolds like peeling back a gossamer shroud. Gillig has done it again - I'm obsessed (Amélie Wen Zhao, author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night)
I'm obsessed with Rachel Gillig. The Knight and the Mother is achingly romantic, richly imagined, and told with a gossamer delicacy that keeps the pages flying (Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King)
The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy: gargoyles! gods! girls in armour! alongside a serious examination of faith, fealty, and the powers they serve. It's a fairy tale with bruised knuckles, perfectly balanced between the mythic and the desperately human. Simply stunning (Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House)
The Knight and the Moth is a lavender-drenched dream. Readers won't be able to put down this adventurous, dark gem of a book (Kalie Cassidy, author of In the Veins of the Drowning)
Brimming with beguiling prose, and a dangerous magical world, The Knight and the Moth sparkles with wit and a slow burn romance that left me breathless and impatient for the next instalment (Isabel Ibañez, author of What the River Knows)
Dreamy prose, characters so vibrant they breathe on the page, a romance that smoulders, and a spellbinding world to get lost in. Prepare to meet your next obsession (Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals)
Haunting, elegant and lovely, The Knight and the Moth is that rare fantasy gem: both a thrilling quest and an exquisite love story (Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Burning Kingdoms trilogy)
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Excellent book, laughed and cried when reading this book. My own negative is I now have to wait till the next book is out.
Narrator is excellent!! Serious book hangover now….

Excellent

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The ending .... it broke me, but I LOVED it. This book was great, amazing world building, enough answers to understand the story provided at the right time with good even pacing throughout. I loved Sybil and Rory, but most of all, my favourite was the gargoyle - Little Bartholomew.

Gothic vibes and a likeable gargoyle.

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This was a five star for me! It would have been a four star if it wasn’t for the gargoyle I think. He was the best character! I laughed so many times because of him, and he’s just so lovely..

Bartholomeeeew!

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painfully beautiful story and the narrator was 6 stars. I'm in awe for R. Gillig amazing mind. and ...That ending, tore me apart💔

poetically written story

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It’s my first book by this author and it was a great fantasy world with compelling characters that you grow to love. The style of writing felt different too but in a good way that added to the fantasy/fairy tale theme. One of the characters in particular said lines that made me chuckle out loud and became my favourite of the cast.

I’ve been recommended One Dark Window and after reading this I’ll certainly be reading that!

The narrator was excellent, had a lovely variety of voices for the cast and really suited the genre.

A great, unique fantasy world.

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