Elfenfeuer

core novel 2001 Die Saga von Thale

Record

First published	2001
Original language	DE
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.44 (216 ratings, collected 2026-10-30)
First-edition ISBN	9783522716055
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

One evening the sky over Thale seems to tear open: it is the moment when An-Rukhbar comes from another dimension to banish the Benevolent Goddess, wipe out the mist elves and the druids, and subjugate the people of the land. Before his death the druid Anthork prophesies that a saviour will come after ten summers. A girl, Sunnivah, is born, and the mist elf Naemy brings her to the priestesses of In-Gwana-Thse, where she grows up; on her sixteenth birthday she learns that she has been chosen as the sword priestess who is to free the Goddess, and that she bears the mark of the chosen one. Felten’s debut won the 2002 Deutscher Phantastik Preis for best German novel.

Where it sits

• Universe: Die Saga von Thale
• Series: Die Saga von Thale core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Monika Felten

Awards (verified)

• Deutscher Phantastik Preis (Bester deutschsprachiger Roman), 2002: won

Notes

• From the series record (Die Saga von Thale): Trilogy and a later fourth novel, Weitbrecht and Piper, 2001 to 2009.

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 Die Saga von Thale: position 1 of 4: next Die Macht des Elfenfeuers (2002)

Sources

• Wikipedia (German): Monika Felten
• LovelyBooks: Die Saga von Thale in Reihenfolge
• Fantasyguide: Monika Felten (bibliography and awards)
• Amazon.de: Elfenfeuer (Weitbrecht hardcover; description and reviews)
• Maidunas Welt: Die Saga von Thale (Teil 1)

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