Chien du heaume
core novel 2009 Chien du heaume
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  FR |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.72 (398 ratings, collected 2026-11-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9782354080662 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
A small, solitary mercenary known only as Chien du heaume fights with a war axe and hires herself out to the highest bidder. She has lost her true name and her past, and the only hint she has is the strange markings on her axe. Between campaigns she spends the winters with her friend the Chevalier Sanglier, who believes he can help her recover who she was. He sends her to the scarred blacksmith Regehir, who made the weapon, and on the way she meets Salamandre, a faceless giant in iron armour. The story is a dark, violent medieval fantasy in a world of mercenary companies, with very little magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chien du heaume
- Series: Chien du heaume core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Justine Niogret
Awards (verified)
- Prix Imaginales (Best French-language novel), 2010: won
- Grand prix de l'Imaginaire (French-language novel), 2010: won
- Prix Oriande, 2010: won
Notes
- From the series record (Chien du heaume): A scarred mercenary woman searches for her lost name and past in a harsh medieval world with little magic.
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 Chien du heaume: position 1 of 2: next Mordre le bouclier (2011)
Sources
- French Wikipedia: Justine Niogret
- SciFi-Universe review: Mordre le bouclier
- Critiqueslibres: Chien du heaume
- SciFi-Universe review: Chien du heaume
- French Wikipedia: Chien du heaume
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