First Test
core novel 1999 Tortall
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (63,874 ratings, collected 2026-08-07) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780679889144 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Tortall
- Series: Protector of the Small core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tamora Pierce
Notes
- From the series record (Protector of the Small): Keladry of Mindelan's quartet, the first girl to openly train as a knight after Alanna.
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 Protector of the Small: position 1 of 4: next Page (2000)
- Internal chronology, within Tortall: position 9 of 14: previous The Realms of the Gods (1996) · next Page (2000)
Sources
← Tortall dossier · All universes
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