Forsworn
novella 2014 The Powder Mage
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781536550344 |
Synopsis
Set roughly thirty-five years before the events of Promise of Blood, this novella follows Erika ja Leora, a young powder mage living in the northern kingdom of Kez, a country where the practice of magic by commoners is punishable by death. Erika's noble birth is the only thing shielding her from that fate, but she risks losing that protection when she chooses to help a young commoner powder mage who is fleeing for his life after his own abilities are discovered. As she works to smuggle the fugitive to safety in the neighboring nation of Adro, Erika must stay a step ahead of the king's mage hunters and their formidable leader, Duke Nikslaus, all while wrestling with the danger her choice brings down on her own family and position.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Powder Mage
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Brian McClellan
Notes
- Collected in In the Field Marshal's Shadow (2015).
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 Powder Mage (standalone work): position 4 of 13: previous The Crimson Campaign (2014) · next Servant of the Crown (2014)
Sources
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