Blue Moon Rising
core novel 1991 Forest Kingdom
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (4,926 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451450951 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Rupert is the second son of the king of the Forest Kingdom, a realm short of money and split by feuding court factions. His father sends him to slay a dragon, a quest that is expected to get him killed. Rupert must cross the Darkwood, where demons, goblins and the Night Witch wait, and the evil of the forest is spreading. He finds the dragon and rescues a princess, and learns that the dragon is a truer friend than anyone at the castle. As a blue moon rises bringing Wild Magic, Rupert needs every ally he can find.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forest Kingdom
- Series: Forest Kingdom core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Simon R. Green
Notes
- First published in the US by Roc in May 1991 and in the UK by Gollancz in September 1991.
- From the series record (Forest Kingdom): Five novels about Prince Rupert and Princess Julia and the threat of the Darkwood and the Demon Prince, including the two later books that bring back Hawk and Fisher.
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 Forest Kingdom: position 1 of 5: next Blood and Honour (1992)
- Internal chronology, within Forest Kingdom: position 1 of 11: next Hawk & Fisher (1990)
Sources
- FantasticFiction: Forest Kingdom
- ISFDB mirror: Blue Moon Rising publications (Roc paperback, US 1991)
- Wikipedia: Blue Moon Rising (novel)
- Rising Shadow
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