An Ill Fate Marshalling
core novel 1988 Dread Empire
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (642 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 313 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780812553796 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
An Ill Fate Marshalling continues the second Dread Empire trilogy begun in Reap the East Wind, deepening the conflict between the western kingdoms and the shifting factions within the sorcerous Empire of Shinsan as old alliances fray and new betrayals come to light. Characters tied to the earlier war around Kavelin and Bragi Ragnarson find their fates entangled once again with the ambitions of Shinsan's internal rivals, while the wider western world braces for a renewed reckoning with powers it still barely understands. As the series pushes toward the climax of its second trilogy, the novel widens the political and supernatural stakes established in the earlier books, testing whether the uneasy peace won at the end of the first trilogy can hold.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dread Empire
- Series: Dread Empire core; position 7 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- From the series record (Dread Empire): Original trilogy, two later-written prequels, and a run of sequels; the planned concluding volume was never finished after the manuscript was lost. A ninth title, "Wrath of Kings," was considered but excluded: on inspection it is an omnibus edition bundling books 6-8, not a standalone novel with an independent reader-rating pool.
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 Dread Empire: position 7 of 8: previous Reap the East Wind (1987) · next A Path to Coldness of Heart (2012)
Sources
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