The Backwards Knight (TBK) is the first entry in the Eldritch Remnants series that has been a passion project of Matthew’s for many years. This dark fantasy novel, as the series name suggests, has horror elements. It concerns the struggle Orn, Laela, and Gaulf face regarding the return of some pretty twisted magic to their world. Orn is the knight who tasks himself with determining why, while Laela is an elf (perhaps the last of her kind) who hunts those marked by magic, and Gaulf is the poor soul who ends up on the run from her.
I’m in a Discord server with the author, so I’ve heard a lot about TBK. I also attended some of Matthew’s streams on Twitch where he worked on the book live. Even though horror is not a genre I read, this early exposure whetted my appetite for the book. I looked forward to its release a lot. So, I leapt at the chance to read the ARC.
I was privileged to receive an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
