A Fortress of Grey Ice
core novel 2002 The Book of Words
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (6,060 ratings, collected 2026-10-24) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781857239966 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The war to end all wars is coming: the Endlords are preparing for invasion, and the magical veil that holds them back is weakening. With Mace Blackhail away at war, Raina struggles to hold Clan Blackhail together, while Ash March leaves with the mysterious Sull to learn the truth of her birth. Abandoned by his friends and embittered by the lore that names him Watcher of the Dead, the outcast Raif Sevrance wanders the edge of the Want until he finds the only group willing to accept a renegade, the outlaw Maimed Men, and crosses the Great Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread; for deep within it lies the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them. The second book of the Sword of Shadows.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of Words
- Series: Sword of Shadows core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J. V. Jones
Notes
- First published in the UK by Orbit; the ISBN recorded is the Tor US first edition of 1 August 2003. ISBN recorded is the Orbit UK first edition (7 November 2002); the Tor US edition (1 August 2003) is 9780765306333.
- From the series record (Sword of Shadows): J. V. Jones's frozen-north epic of Raif Sevrance and Ash March, set in the world of The Book of Words.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Sword of Shadows: position 2 of 4: previous A Cavern of Black Ice (1999) · next A Sword from Red Ice (2007)
- Internal chronology, within The Book of Words: position 4 of 7: previous A Man Betrayed (1996) · next Master and Fool (1996)
Sources
- Series page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles)
- Kirkus Reviews (A Cavern of Black Ice)
- Risingshadow (series listing)
- Wikipedia (A Fortress of Grey Ice)
- Hachette India (Orbit first edition record and description)
- Tor Publishing Group (publisher description)
- Most Recommended Books (series summaries)
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