Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands
core novel 1994 Bordertown
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (2,328 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312854188 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Orient has a talent for finding lost things, and it has cost him his place with his family. In Bordertown, the city beside the Border between the human world and Elfland, he works as a finder. There, technology and magic mix unpredictably: engines and guns sometimes fail, but magic always works. A police officer, Sunny Rico, asks him to find the killer of a drug-runner. The case grows more dangerous, his friend Tick-Tick falls ill in an epidemic that is spreading among the elves, and Orient finds himself drawn to Sunny.
Where it sits
- Universe: Bordertown
- Series: Bordertown core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Emma Bull
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1995: nominated
Notes
- Stand-alone story in the Bordertown setting; main characters differ from the Shetterly novels.
- From the series record (Bordertown): Three novels by two authors set in Terri Windling's shared city on the edge of Faerie.
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 Bordertown: position 3 of 3: previous Nevernever (1993)
Sources
← Bordertown dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.