Sir Dudley and the Unholy Grail: The Dudley Diaries, #3

By T.J. Lantz

The Coalition has information on the location of the legendary Holy Grail, and have sent their best knights to retrieve it. They have also sent Sir Dudley. Will Dudley surprise everyone and return a hero, or will the secrets of the Grail prove to be too dangerous for him?

• Language: English
• Publisher: T.J. Lantz
• Release date: Jan 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9781533535368

Book preview

Hear ye, Hear ye, cried Duke Tobias Ellington, speaking down to the crowd from a raised wooden platform. Welcome to the forty-third and one-half annual, Coalition of the Burning Heart, Tournament of Champions.

A small group of knights and squires clapped politely, while hundreds of commoners in the sitting area hooted and hollered as loud as they could. Three other nobles—two older men with white beards and wrinkled skin, and a doe-eyed younger woman with dark, silky hair, sat just behind the Duke. They made no motion to applaud, or even smile.

Today, he continued after the commoners quieted, you young men, he pointed to the knights and squires in front of him. The famed knights of the Burning Heart, will compete not only for the title of grand champion, but also for a very special prize. A prize that will bring glory to our order, and to all the nations who support us.

The crowd got silent, waiting for the Duke to finish.

The winner of today’s joust will be granted a special quest—one that if completed will elevate the knight to a place of legend.

What is it? cried one of the commoners, his excitement making him forget his place and speak to the Duke directly.

Ah, yes, answered the Duke as he made a quick pointing motion toward the out of turn speaker. I was just getting there. A guard disappeared into the crowd, a few seconds later the man who had asked the question dropped to the ground with a sword in his back. No one else interrupted the Duke as he continued.

The Coalition’s vast and talented network of intelligence gatherers has found new information regarding the whereabouts of the... He paused for effect. The crowd leaned in closer. HOLY GRAIL!

A collective gasp thinned the air, before the crowd erupted with cheers. Everyone was clearly excited about the prospect of recovering the most sought after holy relic in all of history. Sir Dudley Tinklebutton, however, had a more pressing matter on his mind—one that if he didn’t find an answer to quickly would have eliminated any chance he had at even competing in the Tournament, let alone being chosen to quest for the Grail. He needed to stall—it was a matter of life and death.  Seeing the Duke ready to signal the start of the first