Embrace the Night
core novel 2008 Cassandra Palmer
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (23,387 ratings, collected 2026-11-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451461995 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Cassandra Palmer, newly named the world's chief clairvoyant, is still magically bound to the master vampire Mircea, and the bond controls her life. The only way to break it is an incantation in the Codex Merlini, an ancient grimoire that has been lost in the present day. Cassie must travel into the past to find it. But the Codex disappeared for a reason: it reportedly holds dangerous spells, and while retrieving it could free her from Mircea, it could also put the whole world at risk.
Where it sits
- Universe: Cassandra Palmer
- Series: Cassandra Palmer core; position 3 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Karen Chance
Notes
- From the series record (Cassandra Palmer): Cassie Palmer, a clairvoyant, becomes the Pythia and is drawn into wars among vampires, mages, fey and gods.
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 Cassandra Palmer: position 3 of 15: previous Claimed by Shadow (2007) · next Curse the Dawn (2009)
- Internal chronology, within Cassandra Palmer: position 7 of 24: previous Weird Magic (2026) · next Fury's Kiss (2012)
Sources
← Cassandra Palmer dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.