Changeling Earth
core novel 1973 Empire of the East / Swords
Record
| First published | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (277 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The war between the Free Folk of the West and the Empire of the East reaches its height. Prince Duncan leads the Western armies, and Rolf, now a seasoned fighter, gains control of a relic from the old world, an atomic-powered tank. The Empire answers by releasing the demon Orcus, born from a nuclear bomb, while Ardneh, the computer that long ago caused the change in the laws of physics, now plays its own part in the fight. The outcome of the battle may decide whether magic or technology will shape the future of the world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the East / Swords
- Series: Empire of the East core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fred Saberhagen
Notes
- Revised and reissued as Ardneh's World; the first three novels were also collected in a revised omnibus, Empire of the East (1979). The ratings shown are those of the Ardneh's World listing.
- From the series record (Empire of the East): Four novels about the war between the Eastern Empire and the Free Folk of the West, set after a change in the laws of physics, plus a much later novel in the same world.
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 Empire of the East: position 3 of 4: previous The Black Mountains (1971) · next Ardneh's Sword (2006)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the East / Swords: position 7 of 15: previous Sightblinder's Story (1987) · next The Third Book of Swords (1984)
Sources
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