A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
core novel 2020 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.92 (18,139 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 466 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062891495 |
Synopsis
Inspired by West and North African folktales, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, published in 2020, opens in the kingdom of Ziran and follows Malik, a refugee whose younger sister is abducted by a mysterious, demonic figure who agrees to release her only if Malik murders the kingdom's crown princess during a week of festival celebrations. Karina, that princess, is meanwhile mourning her mother's recent death and secretly seeking the heart of a king in order to perform a forbidden resurrection spell she believes can bring her mother back. When the two paths cross amid the festival's public competitions, Malik and Karina are drawn into an uneasy proximity neither fully understands, each hiding a desperate agenda from the other as the week's events push toward crisis.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
- Series: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Roseanne A. Brown
Notes
- From the series record (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin): Complete West-African-inspired YA fantasy duology.
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 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin: position 1 of 2: next A Psalm of Storms and Silence (2021)
Sources
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