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Ironhelm

expanded novel 1990 Forgotten Realms

Record

First published1990
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statusexpanded
First-edition ISBN9780880389037
Internal chronology1

Synopsis

Just as Erix, a slave girl, learns of a great destiny laid upon her by the gods themselves, across the sea a fateful mission of exploration embarks: a legion of seasoned mercenaries sails westward from Faerûn and discovers Maztica, a land of primitive savagery mixed with high culture, of brutal, bloodthirsty gods and lavish treasures. Under the banner of their vigilant god, Helm, the legion claims these lands for its own. Only as Erix sees her land invaded by the strangers, and her world begins to collapse around her, is her startling destiny revealed. The first book of Douglas Niles's Maztica trilogy, set in the Forgotten Realms' counterpart of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

Where it sits

Notes

  • A solo Douglas Niles trilogy set on the Aztec-inspired continent of Maztica; no verified sequel series by other authors was found despite some retailer confusion with unrelated Realms novels.
  • From the series record (Maztica Trilogy): A solo Douglas Niles trilogy set on the Aztec-inspired continent of Maztica; no verified sequel series by other authors was found despite some retailer confusion with unrelated Realms novels.

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 Maztica Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Viperhand (1990)
  • Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 30 of 215: previous Venom's Taste (2004) · next The Gossamer Plain (2007)

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