The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, Adam Gidwitz
Historical fantasy?!
Our story begins in a roadside inn in France, in 1242.
Or maybe our story begins in a rural village where the peasants claim that a greyhound named Gwenforte is a saint. Or maybe in the Middle East, where European crusaders murdered and pillaged, or maybe in a town where Jews and Christians live peacefully together, until suddenly they don’t.
Wherever the story starts, it goes like this: once in France there were three magical children. One could see the future, one could heal the sick, and one could crush stone with his bare hands. Oh, and they also had a dog who was raised from the dead. At the roadside inn, a group of travelers tell bits and pieces of the children’s story: how they outsmarted a bunch of knights, how they saved a town from a farting dragon, how they became friends with the king – and finally, how they became the most wanted fugitives in all of France.
From the author of A Tale Dark and Grimm, this is part adventure story, part historical fiction, and honestly, a pretty good Intro to Philosophy textbook. It’s gory and funny and unlike anything you’ve read before.