Novels by Stephen J Grant

False Tidings - #1 in the Series The Fool's Journey

Fake news goes medieval...

William Grey is in a lot of trouble. He just doesn’t know it yet.

Raised by monks, he’s never left his village, and couldn’t tell a long sword from a loofah. He thinks magic is just stuff we don’t understand yet, but he’s in for a rude awakening. In a strange twist, William is knighted and sent on a life-altering quest for a magical crystal in faraway Sardonica, an island close to the land of Italica.

But this quest is no straightforward jaunt. As rival witches flex their mystical muscles, William soon clocks that he’s a pawn in a grander scheme orchestrated by Feydor, a eunuch jester with a flair for manipulation. The question on everyone’s lips: Will he wise up in time to debunk the False Tidings and outwit Feydor? Or will his inaugural quest also be his swan song?

False Tidings is a tale of witches, a jester, a king, a queen, a deadly pet monkey, a matriarchal goblin-like race, a reluctant hero, an evil priesthood, a love affair that ranges over a continent, and a magical crystal. And fake news. Don’t forget the fake news.
 

Witch Hunt - #2 in the Series The Fool's Journey

Propganda Goes Medieval

William Grey is on a mission to cross a continent and read a book. Easy. Except it's a book that contains every story of every person that's ever lived. And he needs to do it before winter to stop humanity sliding inexorably into chaos.

Against him, rival groups of witches compete to snatch the book from him and use it for their own deadly schemes of murder and revenge. Because the book is the ultimate tool of the Proper Gander, the mysterious force that controls the hearts and minds of men and women.

With him are his best friend, Ridkin the stableboy, and his old enemy Feydor, who has changed his tune. Or has he?

Will our hero succeed against the odds and emerge a stronger, wiser man?

Witch Hunt is a tale of witches, a stableboy, a mischievous jester, a would-be king, a terryifying half-woman half-tree, and, of course, Filthy the monkey.