Above the Snowline
core novel 2010 The Fourlands
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (280 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575081581 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Before the war with the Insects took over his life, Jant Shira lived as a mountain hunter. In this prequel-style story, Awian exiles begin building a stronghold in the Darkling mountains, and the Rhydanne hunters who live there respond with violence. The Emperor sends Jant to mediate, because he is half Rhydanne and half Awian and belongs fully to neither people. In the mountains he has to face his own heritage, his drug use and his feelings for Shira Dellin, while trying to keep the two sides from open war.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Fourlands
- Series: The Fourlands core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Steph Swainston
Notes
- From the series record (The Fourlands): Five novels narrated by Jant Shira, winged Messenger of the Emperor's immortal Circle, during the war against the Insects.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Fourlands: position 4 of 5: previous The Modern World (2007) · next Fair Rebel (2016)
Sources
← The Fourlands dossier · All universes
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