In Ashes Lie
core novel 2009 The Onyx Court
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (628 ratings, collected 2026-10-04) |
| Page count | 464 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316020329 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The year is 1666. Above ground, King and Parliament have fought one another through the execution of Charles I, Cromwell's Protectorate and the Restoration of Charles II; below, the Onyx Court has weathered a war of its own against the faerie powers of Scotland, with Lune now on its throne and a mortal Prince of the Stone at her side. The novel moves between the two Londons across the turbulent decades of the mid-century, following the faerie court's attempts to keep its mortal city safe from its enemies and from the fae's own factions, until the war beneath the streets breaks loose above them. In September 1666 a fire begins in a bakery in Pudding Lane, and behind it is a dragon, and the Great Fire of London becomes the battle in which the Onyx Court must fight for the city's survival as well as its own.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Onyx Court
- Series: The Onyx Court core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Marie Brennan
Notes
- From the series record (The Onyx Court): Marie Brennan's historical fantasy of the faerie court hidden beneath London, the Onyx Hall, across three centuries of English history: Elizabeth I's reign, the Civil War and Great Fire, the Royal Society's eighteenth century, and Victorian London's Underground and Goblin Market.
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 The Onyx Court: position 2 of 4: previous Midnight Never Come (2008) · next A Star Shall Fall (2010)
Sources
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