Aurian
core novel 1994 Artefacts of Power
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (3,433 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780099270713 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Aurian is the daughter of two renegade Mages, sent as a young woman to the city of Nexis to train at its Academy. There she is caught in a struggle between the Archmage Miathan, who rules the Mages, and the ordinary people of the city. When a fire uncovers the first of four lost Artefacts of Power, magical weapons once held by the old Magefolk, Aurian has to flee. With her loyal servant Anvar she travels south into the Southern Kingdoms to find out where the Artefacts came from and where the others lie, while Miathan, once her teacher, sets out to hunt her down and take them for himself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Artefacts of Power
- Series: Artefacts of Power core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Maggie Furey
Notes
- From the series record (Artefacts of Power): Aurian's quest across the Southern Lands to find four lost Artefacts and stop the Archmage Miathan.
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 Artefacts of Power: position 1 of 4: next Harp of Winds (1995)
- Internal chronology, within Artefacts of Power: position 1 of 6: next Heritage of the Xandim (2008)
Sources
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