Bridge of Souls
core novel 2004 The Quickening
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (3,627 ratings, collected 2026-10-11) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732278687 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Wyl Thirsk, former general of the Morgravian army and bearer of the curse called Myrren's gift, is running out of time. The marriage between his beloved Queen Valentyna and his sworn enemy, the despotic King Celimus, is imminent; yet despite the impending nuptials war looms between Morgravia and Briavel, while the threat from the Mountain Kingdom in the north grows stronger. Every death Wyl suffers carries him into a new body and a new life that is not his, and to stop Celimus, save Valentyna and his sister, and bring peace to the three realms, he must finally find the way to master the Quickening, or be freed from it, before it consumes what is left of him. The conclusion of the trilogy, which reviewers called high fantasy at its best and a gleeful finale of adventure and megalomaniacal machinations.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Quickening
- Series: The Quickening core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fiona McIntosh
Notes
- ISBN corrected 2026-10-11 from the Harper Voyager US edition (978-0-06-074760-2) to the Voyager Australia first edition (24 November 2004).
- From the series record (The Quickening): Fiona McIntosh's first fantasy trilogy (Voyager, 2003-2004): Wyl Thirsk, young general of Morgravia, given by a dying witch the gift of the Quickening, which carries his mind into the body of whoever kills him, against the tyrant King Celimus and for the love of Queen Valentyna of Briavel.
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 Quickening: position 3 of 3: previous Blood and Memory (2004)
Sources
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