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Crusade

expanded novel 1991 Forgotten Realms

Record

First published1991
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statusexpanded
First-edition ISBN9780880389082
Internal chronology3

Synopsis

Picking up where Dragonwall left off, the conclusion of the Empires Trilogy follows King Azoun of Cormyr as he masterminds and then leads a crusade to defend the whole of western Faerûn after Yamun Khahan and his Tuigan horsemen invade the East, Ashanath, Rashemen and Thesk. Where Horselords told the story from the Tuigan side and Dragonwall from that of Shou Lung, Crusade is told from the perspective of Azoun and the West, with two parallel stories running beside the war: the king's relations with his estranged daughter Alusair, and the adventures of John Razor, a fletcher from Suzail who takes part in the crusade. By James Lowder.

Where it sits

Notes

  • A 1990-1991 multi-author trilogy set in the Hordelands/Kara-Tur region, one novel per author: David "Zeb" Cook, Troy Denning, James Lowder.
  • From the series record (The Empires Trilogy): A 1990-1991 multi-author trilogy set in the Hordelands/Kara-Tur region, one novel per author: David "Zeb" Cook, Troy Denning, James Lowder.

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 The Empires Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Dragonwall (1990)
  • Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 146 of 215: previous Key of Stars (2010) · next The Druid Queen (1993)

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