The Knight's Apprentice

After demanding his right to face the King's choice, the newest Knight Sir Christian Thomas Ricard, to see who would represent the kingdom at the great tournament, previously unbeaten Sir Eric Reynolds is defeated and seriously injured. But rather than retire to his estate to recover, Eric moves into the castle. Soon the king mysteriously becomes ill and Eric becomes the Lord High Sheriff running the affairs of the kingdom.  After Sir Christian is betrayed, crippled, and falsely imprisoned, the only one with a chance of destroying Poltroon the dragon that has terrorized the people for centuries, rallying the people to defeat the usurper's army, and restore freedom is - The Knight's Apprentice. 

The "Tales of Davy Jones Series"

For over four thousand years, the seafaring Jones family has passed a seaman's locker from father to son containing the books, journals, diaries, ships log, and priceless artifacts collected by members of the family that contain clues to some of the greatest treasures and mysteries in history. "The Knight's Apprentice" was taken from the third journal of Captain David Jones.  It appears that another member of the Jones family obtained the original manuscript from an ancient burial mound in either Denmark or Sweden.  In the forward of the book, Captain Jones's description gives us some insight into where it came from and how he obtained it.