Blackdog
core novel 2011 Gods of the Caravan Road
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.62 (847 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781616145217 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Holla-Sayan, a caravan guard, flees the bloody conquest of a lakeside town and stops to help two abandoned creatures: a girl and a dying dog. The girl is Attalissa, the incarnation of a goddess who has lost her power, and the dog is the Blackdog, a shapeshifting guardian spirit and former champion of the gods. When the Blackdog possesses him, Holla-Sayan has little choice but to take the powerless goddess and run for the desert road. Behind them follow necromancy, treachery, massacres and rebellions, and gods who are dead, lost or mad. The girl he is protecting may also be the cause of his own doom.
Where it sits
- Universe: Gods of the Caravan Road
- Series: Gods of the Caravan Road core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: K. V. Johansen
Awards (verified)
- Sunburst Award, 2012: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (Gods of the Caravan Road): A five-novel epic fantasy about a possessed caravan guard, an undying assassin and the dying gods of the caravan roads.
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 Gods of the Caravan Road: position 1 of 5: next The Leopard (2014)
Sources
- K. V. Johansen: Gods of the Caravan Road
- BookPal (Pyr paperback, 20 September 2011)
- Worlds Without End: Blackdog
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