A Tale of Tales
novel 2013 The Runelords
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781799961352 |
| First-edition date | 2013-07 |
| First-edition publisher | Orbit (Little, Brown UK) |
| First-edition country | UK |
Synopsis
With the war against the Wyrmling Hordes lost and darkness overtaking the world, Fallion and Tuul Ra gather a small band of remaining allies to make a last stand against Lord Despair and his forces. Badly outmatched and unable to rely on armies or brute strength, they must depend on resolve, wit, and unconventional tactics to keep evil from consuming everything before it is too late.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Runelords
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: David Farland
Notes
- Book 9 of the Runelords. Publication year corrected 2026-09-16 (previously left unrecorded; see decision history): this record's own isbn (9781799961352) belongs to a 2026 Blackstone Publishing audiobook reissue (release 2026-08-30), a separate, later edition of the same novel, per the same reference-edition-ISBN convention documented project-wide. The novel's own first publication was July 2013 (Orbit/Little, Brown UK paperback, ISBN 9781841498447), corroborated by 3 independent booksellers; day precision not recorded, sources differ by a few days.
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 Runelords (standalone work): position 10 of 13: previous Barbarians (2013) · next Ashes and Starlight: A Runelords Story (2014)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runelords
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Wolverton_bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Wolverton
- https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781841498447
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