Enna Burning
core novel 2004 The Books of Bayern
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (45,593 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 317 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780747575733 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Enna Burning is the second novel in Shannon Hale's Books of Bayern series, following The Goose Girl. Enna has returned to live in the forest with her elder brother Leifer, who finds an old scroll describing the secret of fire-speaking, a dangerous magical ability to command fire that he struggles to control once he is angered. When the neighboring country of Tira invades Bayern, Enna, her friends Razo and Finn, and Princess Isi travel to the war front, where Leifer's uncontrolled use of his gift proves disastrous. Determined not to let his knowledge go to waste, Enna takes up the same vellum and teaches herself fire-speaking despite Isi's warnings about its dangers, and must then try to master the power's hold over her while deciding how far she is willing to go to help defend Bayern.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Books of Bayern
- Series: The Books of Bayern core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Shannon Hale
Notes
- From the series record (The Books of Bayern): Four novels set in the same kingdom, each centered on a different young woman.
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 Books of Bayern: position 2 of 4: previous The Goose Girl (2003) · next River Secrets (2006)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Goose Girl (novel)
- Wikipedia: Enna Burning
- Wikipedia: River Secrets
- Wikipedia: Forest Born
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