Emissary
core novel 2006 Percheron
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (1,607 ratings, collected 2026-10-09) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732281816 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Ana is resigned to life in Percheron's harem and has little more than a blood-soaked veil to remind her that Spur Lazar, the man she loves, who took her punishment on himself, is dead. But Lazar lives, recovering in secret on a nearby island from the illness his punishment left him, a gift and a curse at once. Herezah, now the Valide, unhappy at Ana's influence over the young Zar, schemes with Salmeo to bring about her death, and the demon Maliz has taken the body of Percheron's Grand Vizier in order to stalk Iridor, the traditional accomplice of the goddess, whose human form is the jester Pez. Boaz confides in the changed and dangerously secretive vizier, war threatens from a distant realm seeking a price for the death of its crown prince, and the first of the goddess's disciples falls to Maliz.
Where it sits
- Universe: Percheron
- Series: Percheron core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fiona McIntosh
Notes
- From the series record (Percheron): Fiona McIntosh's trilogy of Percheron, a harem-and-palace city-state on the edge of the desert where a new cycle in the war of faith between the demon Maliz and the goddess Lyana is beginning: the odalisque Ana, the young Zar Boaz, his mother Herezah, the Spur Lazar and the 'mad' dwarf Pez.
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 Percheron: position 2 of 3: previous Odalisque (2005) · next Goddess (2007)
Sources
← Percheron dossier · All universes
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