Daemonomania
core novel 2000 The AEgypt Cycle
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (683 ratings, collected 2026-09-07) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553100044 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Daemonomania continues Pierce Moffett's ongoing work on his book about Renaissance Hermeticism, even as his personal life grows increasingly strained by his relationship with Rosie Ryder, who becomes drawn toward an authoritarian Christian group known as the Powerhouse. Woven alongside Pierce's present-day struggles are Renaissance-era accounts of the historical magicians John Dee and Edward Kelley pursuing occult knowledge in Prague, whose reported encounters with possession and sorcery are presented as having helped harden both religious and scientific attitudes of their era into greater rigidity. As Pierce watches Rosie slip further under the Powerhouse's influence, his intellectual fascination with historical magic increasingly collides with the more painful reality unfolding in his own relationships.
Where it sits
- Universe: The AEgypt Cycle
- Series: The AEgypt Cycle core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Crowley
Notes
- From the series record (The AEgypt Cycle): Core Canon = all 4 novels of the completed AEgypt Cycle. The first volume was reissued in 2007 as 'The Solitudes'; this canon uses the original 1987 title.
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 AEgypt Cycle: position 3 of 4: previous Love & Sleep (1994) · next Endless Things (2007)
Sources
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