In the Earth Abides the Flame
core novel 2005 Fire of Heaven
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.57 (834 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732277185 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In the Earth Abides the Flame continues the Fire of Heaven trilogy after the events of Across the Face of the World, following the surviving characters from the first novel as the invasion they raced to warn their homeland about begins to unfold in earnest. With Mahnum and his wife's fate from the opening volume still weighing on their children and companions, the group must contend with both the advancing threat from the hostile land beyond their borders and the internal politics of kingdoms not fully prepared to believe, or organize against, the danger closing in on them. The second volume widens the trilogy's geography and stakes as the warning carried across the world in the first book begins to be tested by events on the ground.
Where it sits
- Universe: Fire of Heaven
- Series: Fire of Heaven core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Russell Kirkpatrick
Notes
- From the series record (Fire of Heaven): Core Canon = all three novels; complete trilogy, no companion material.
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 Fire of Heaven: position 2 of 3: previous Across the Face of the World (2004) · next The Right Hand of God (2006)
Sources
← Fire of Heaven dossier · All universes
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