[Five Hundred Kingdoms 02] • One Good Knight

**The Barnes & Noble Review**

*One Good Knight,* the second novel to take place in Mercedes Lackey's realm of the Five Hundred Kingdoms (and sequel to 2004's *The Fairy Godmother*), takes two popular myths -- the Greek legend of Andromeda and Perseus, and the medieval fable of St. George and the Dragon -- and turns them upside down and inside out.

Andromeda is the daughter of the cold and calculating Cassiopeia, the queen of Acadia, one of the lesser-known Five Hundred Kingdoms. Life as a princess, however, isn't exactly exciting, what with all the restrictions and responsibilities. But when a dragon suddenly begins attacking Acadian villages and wreaking havoc, Cassiopeia -- with the help of Andromeda's adept research and the Queen's Council's advice -- resorts to a desperate move: while awaiting a Champion to save the people of Acadia, Cassiopeia begins offering virgins to the dragon. The only fair way to choose whom to sacrifice is a lottery, but when Andromeda's name is drawn, her only hope is to be rescued by a tall, dark and handsome Champion. Tradition, however, in the Five Hundred Kingdoms is decidedly untraditional