A Sword from Red Ice
core novel 2007 The Book of Words
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (4,077 ratings, collected 2026-10-24) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765306340 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Long Night has begun. As Ash March pursues her destiny with the legendary Sull people, Raif Sevrance seeks a place where he belongs, in the wake of deadly clan battles and of a darker force from an evil city that threatens the clans. The exile must travel to the barren wastes of the Red Glaciers and recover the legendary sword named Loss, while Raina Blackhail fights to hold her clan together as war and treachery spread across the North. The third book of the Sword of Shadows, published by Orbit in the United Kingdom and by Tor in the United States.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of Words
- Series: Sword of Shadows core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J. V. Jones
Notes
- 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 3 of 4: previous A Fortress of Grey Ice (2002) · next Watcher of the Dead (2010)
- Internal chronology, within The Book of Words: position 6 of 7: previous Master and Fool (1996) · next Watcher of the Dead (2010)
Sources
- Series page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles)
- Kirkus Reviews (A Cavern of Black Ice)
- Risingshadow (series listing)
- Wikipedia (A Sword from Red Ice)
- Orbit (publisher description, via Hachette UK)
- Most Recommended Books (series summaries)
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