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The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe

This was the first time Wolfe felt like a mere mortal and not some wily but ultimately benevolent mad wizard having a bit of fun at my expense. The story felt too straightforward for a Wolfe book. I was even able to correctly predict plot points a couple times throughout. It's still Wolfe though, which means it's a damn good story with damn good prose topped off with a string of sucker punch reveals that feel almost completely obvious with hindsight. I'll have to brush up on Arthurian and Germanic mythology before my eventual second read.
9/10