As the book has a character who is a genuine knight in armour (literal or metaphorical). A character who does the right thing no matter the odds and believes in their cause to their core. Ideally they should be struggling against great odds.
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Elizabeth Moon, the Deeds of Paksenarion series. Poor farming girl defies the odds and all naysayers. TW: there is some detailed violence in both battles and torture scenes and some not detailed SA.
It’s a commitment, but the Codex Alera series might work. Lots of epic struggles and righteous causes, but it’s a bit of a slow build – the protagonist is a scrawny teenager at the beginning and takes a while to really come into his own (doesn’t stop him from saving the realm in book 1, but still.) But by book 3 or so he’s got armor and overwhelming odds galore. They’re a lot of fun too, although book 1 is definitely the slowest because the author spends a lot of time setting up different characters and arcs.
The Curse of Chalion by Lois Macmaster Bujold.