Horn Crown
novel 1981 Witch World
Record
| First published | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780886770518 |
Synopsis
Horn Crown is a prequel to the Witch World series, set during humanity's earliest days settling a wilderness left behind by the departed Elder People. The story follows Elron the Clanless, an honorable but disgraced warrior seeking a form of redemption by rescuing the missing daughter of the lord he once served. Unknown to him, Gathea, a Wise Woman driven by her own ambitions and hunger for power, is pursuing the same young woman for very different reasons. Their search leads them through a landscape still charged with the residual magic of its earlier inhabitants, littered with shrines of light and darkness, hidden traps, and watchful guardians. Told mainly from Elron's point of view, the narrative also hints at Gathea's parallel pursuit, letting their opposing motives and temperaments shape how the quest for the missing girl ultimately unfolds.
Where it sits
- Universe: Witch World
- Series: Witch World: High Hallack Cycle ; position 6 of 11 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andre Norton
Notes
- From the series record (Witch World: High Hallack Cycle): A separate High Hallack sub-continuity within the wider Witch World setting, solely written by Andre Norton (Core Canon, the Estcarp Cycle, is unaffected). 2 later titles co-written by other hands (Songsmith 1992 w/ A.C. Crispin, Silver May Tarnish 2005 w/ Lyn McConchie) are deliberately excluded per this project's credited-authorship bright line (Darkover/Pern precedent); The Gates to Witch World (1994) is an omnibus of already-counted novels, not new content.
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 Witch World: High Hallack Cycle: position 6 of 11: previous Zarsthor's Bane (1978) · next Gryphon in Glory (1981)
Sources
- Rating-platform listing: Witch World Series 2, High Hallack Cycle
- bookseriesinorder.com: Witch World
- fantasticfiction.com: Songsmith (Andre Norton & A.C. Crispin)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Crown
← Witch World dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.