Sybil is a Diviner who has never seen her own eyes. When her sisters begin to vanish, she leaves the cathedral that raised her, with a talkative gargoyle and a very rude knight.
A gothic, funny, strange quest with a distinctive narrator, a gargoyle who steals every scene and a slow-burn romance. The humour and the violence sit side by side, and it is explicit. A strong four out of five.
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The Knight and the Moth (2025) is a gothic fantasy by Rachel Gillig, published by Orbit. Sybil Delling is one of six Diviners who dream inside a cathedral on a windy tor, shrouded and nameless to the kingdom. When her fellow Diviners start to vanish, she leaves the tor with a knight and a gargoyle and travels through the five hamlets of Traum.
Content note: the book includes open door scenes, strong language, blood, drowning and graphic violence.
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A gothic, funny, strange quest with a distinctive narrator, a gargoyle who steals every scene and a slow-burn romance. The humour and the violence sit side by side, and it is explicit. A strong four out of five. Read it if: you like fantasy with a gothic cathedral, strange gods and a dark sense of humour; you enjoy enemies-to-lovers romance with open door scenes; you want a quest through five very different regions; you like a narrator who is learning that the stories she was told were not the whole truth. Skip it if: explicit scenes, strong language and graphic violence are a hard line; you want a fast, action-first plot: the opening chapters are slow and strange; you dislike ambiguity: the book ends with several questions open; you want a tidy standalone.
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A 2025 gothic fantasy by Rachel Gillig about Sybil Delling, one of six Diviners who dream inside Aisling Cathedral. When her sisters go missing, she follows a knight out into the five hamlets of Traum to find them.
Yes. It has open door scenes between the main couple, strong language and graphic violence.
Yes. The Knave and the Moon, by Rachel Gillig, is officially listed for September 1, 2026. As of October 2026 that is all we know about it beyond the publisher's description.
Rachel Gillig, published by Orbit, part of Hachette Book Group. The first edition is dated May 2025.
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