The Hedge Knight #4

As dusk descends over the Ashford tournament, Dunk and his runaway squire, Egg, recover from the horror they just witnessed and prepare for Dunk's upcoming combat in the tournament. But Dunk's first combat takes an unexpected, and potentially deadly, form when he chooses to defend a helpless puppeteer, Tanselle (a girl Dunk has more than a passing interest in) from the brutal hand of Aerion, a prince of the blood of the dragon. When the dust settles, lies are revealed, lives are destroyed, true natures are exposed, and Dunk finds himself with an opponent he cannot hope to defeat, the law of the realm!