Fire Sea
core novel 1991 The Death Gate Cycle
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (19,999 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 410 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553295412 |
Synopsis
Haplo, a Patryn agent continuing his exploration of the four worlds created by the ancient Sartan, is sent to Abarrach, a dying realm of volcanic caverns, where he unexpectedly finds Alfred, a Sartan who has secretly stowed away aboard his ship. Forced into an uneasy partnership, the two travel together through a landscape of lava, stone, and poisonous fumes, discovering a realm on the brink of collapse where food is scarce and the great magical colossi that once sustained Abarrach's civilization are slowly failing. Amid the wreckage of Sartan society, they find that the remaining inhabitants have turned to necromancy, the forbidden practice of animating the dead, in a desperate bid to survive their world's decline, forcing Haplo and Alfred to navigate a society whose customs and politics are shaped entirely by death and its dark magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Death Gate Cycle
- Series: The Death Gate Cycle core; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Margaret Weis
- Author: Tracy Hickman
Notes
- From the series record (The Death Gate Cycle): Complete seven-book sequence, a separate co-authored world from Weis & Hickman's Dragonlance.
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 The Death Gate Cycle: position 3 of 7: previous Elven Star (1990) · next Serpent Mage (1992)
Sources
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