The unbeheaded king

About “The unbeheaded king”

The Unbeheaded King is a fantasy novel by L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Novarian series and the third book in the "Reluctant King" trilogy. It features King Jorian of Xylar and was first published as a hardcover by Del Rey Books in March 1983. A paperback edition followed in December 1983 and July 1989. The novel was later included in the omnibus collection The Reluctant King, which also contains The Goblin Tower and The Clocks of Iraz. An e-book version was released by Gollancz's SF Gateway in September 2011. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)