Fortress of Eagles
core novel 1998 Fortress
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.91 (2,060 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 335 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061052613 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Cefwyn is now king of Ylesuin, and has brought Tristen to his capital at Guelemara, where the Quinalt priests regard the wizard-shaped young man as an abomination and the court's lords see in him a foreign influence on the throne. Cefwyn's marriage to Ninévrisë, heir to the Elwynim kingdom across the river, which he means to bring into alliance rather than war, is resisted by his own barons, and the king, who loves his friend, must send him away for the sake of the realm: Tristen is made Duke of Amefel and dispatched to the border province he first came to, where the old powers of the land, the Sihhë who ruled before men, stir at his return. Meanwhile Hasufin, defeated at the end of the first book, has not been destroyed, only displaced, and his reach into the court of the enemy grows.
Where it sits
- Universe: Fortress
- Series: Fortress core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C.J. Cherryh
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1999: nominated; Shortlisted.
Notes
- From the series record (Fortress): C. J. Cherryh's high fantasy of Tristen, a young man Summoned into being by a dying wizard, and Cefwyn, the king who befriends him, in the kingdom of Ylesuin: a quartet (1995-2000) and a fifth novel about the next generation (2006). Cherryh distinguishes wizardry (learned), sorcery (force of character) and magic (born gift).
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 Fortress: position 2 of 5: previous Fortress in the Eye of Time (1995) · next Fortress of Owls (1999)
Sources
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