Crown of Shadows
core novel 1995 The Coldfire Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (12,909 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 525 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756403188 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Crown of Shadows brings the Coldfire Trilogy to its final volume on Erna, where humanity's uneasy, thousand-year coexistence with the reality-warping force called the Fae is upended when the demonic Iezu known as Calesta declares open war on the human species. Described as a master of illusion who feeds on suffering, Calesta intends to reshape humankind so that its existence serves only to sate his appetite for pain, a corruption that reaches even into the Church of the One God, whose faithful begin to fall prey to his influence as the war for humanity's future edges toward its close. First published in 1995, Crown of Shadows belongs to the The Coldfire Trilogy series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Coldfire Trilogy
- Series: The Coldfire Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C.S. Friedman
Notes
- From the series record (The Coldfire Trilogy): Core = all 3 novels of the trilogy; no companion or expanded material found.
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 Coldfire Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous When True Night Falls (1993)
Sources
- C.S. Friedman official site -- The Coldfire Trilogy
- Wikipedia -- Coldfire Trilogy
- https://www.csfriedman.com/crown-of-shadows/
← The Coldfire Trilogy dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.