Game of Stars
core novel 2019 Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (2,061 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781338185737 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Kiranmala is pulled back to the Kingdom Beyond, the alternate dimension where she was born a princess. The realm is in trouble: society is breaking down, a cruel game show dominates daily life, and sudden unfair laws have left many people frightened or locked up. Kiranmala has to solve riddles, face her father, the Serpent King, and figure out who her real friends are. As the disorder spreads, she realises that more than one world is at risk, and that saving the multiverse will take more than winning a contest.
Where it sits
- Universe: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond
- Series: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sayantani DasGupta
Notes
- Published in hardcover; the ISBN comes from the publisher's hardcover link.
- From the series record (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond): Sixth grader Kiranmala learns she is a princess from the Kingdom Beyond and fights to save it.
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 Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond: position 2 of 3: previous The Serpent's Secret (2018) · next The Chaos Curse (2020)
- Internal chronology, within Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond: position 4 of 8: previous The Chaos Monster (2023) · next Crown of Flames (2022)
Sources
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