Aux ombres d'Abyme
core novel 1996 Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  FR |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (13 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9782911618093 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Maspalio, a farfadet and retired prince of thieves, lives a quiet retirement among humans, demons, sirens and other creatures in the baroque city of Abyme. Vladitch, the Advocatus Diaboli, asks him to find Opalin, a demon who has escaped. As he investigates, Maspalio is also accused of murdering one of his friends, which puts his own life at risk. The story blends fantasy with a detective plot and treats the city itself, with its guilds, slums and conjurers, as a character.
Where it sits
- Universe: Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires
- Series: Abyme core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mathieu Gaborit
Notes
- Later reissued under the short title Abyme.
- From the series record (Abyme): Maspalio's adventures in the city of Abyme, set in the same world as the Crépusculaires.
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 Abyme: position 1 of 2: next La Romance du démiurge (1997)
- Internal chronology, within Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires: position 2 of 7: previous Souffre-Jour (1995) · next Les Nouveaux Mystères d'Abyme (2018)
Sources
← Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires dossier · All universes
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