Atlan
core novel 1965 The Atlan Saga
Record
| First published | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.62 (143 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 334 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780886770495 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Atlan picks up after the events of The Serpent, with Cija now married to Zerd, who has completed his conquest of the hidden continent of Atlan and taken the throne as its emperor, making her empress at his side. The marriage is loveless: Zerd is repeatedly unfaithful, and Cija bears two children, Nal and Seka, amid mounting suspicion over the paternity of one of them. Palace intrigue, assassination attempts and bandit attacks threaten Cija directly, while a mad scientist and other schemers work against the new regime. The precarious peace is further shattered when Sedili, Zerd's former wife, leads a Northern army in an invasion aimed at reclaiming power, forcing Cija to navigate both a crumbling marriage and a kingdom under renewed threat of war.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Atlan Saga
- Series: The Atlan Saga core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jane Gaskell
Notes
- From the series record (The Atlan Saga): A prehistoric secondary-world saga following the heroine Cija across a mythic, magic-infused Atlantis; the debut volume was reportedly begun when the author was a teenager.
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 Atlan Saga: position 2 of 4: previous The Serpent (1963) · next The City (1966)
Sources
- The Atlan Saga bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlan_(novel)
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