The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, 1)

By Rachel Gillig

INSTANT #1 NEW YORKTIMES BESTSELLER! From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes a sensational romantasy, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. "Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals 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.

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Published May 19, 2026

416 pages

Average rating: 7.95

1,166 RATINGS

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Unique fantasy world/universe.
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Anticipated this book too much & it ended in disappointment.

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Phenomenal as always
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10/10 stars
Why did nobody tell me how hilarious this book can get?? I can't remember a book that gave me so many literal laugh-out-loud moments. By the end I had this book well annotated with foreshadowing notes, insane plot twists, and profound quotes from an unlikely source (and tabs for those funny moments of course). I believed it was Romantasy at first, but this is most definitely a fantasy book with a strong romantic subplot, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Our main characters are part of a group that honestly feels like Six of Crows, each individual with a clashing personality that actually compliments each others strengths and weaknesses. Which also contributes to so much hilarious banter. Final note: I'm getting a tiny gargoyle statue for my bookshelf. After reading this book, it's now an absolute must.

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