Ironskin
core novel 2012 Ironskin
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.33 (3,491 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| Page count | 304 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765330598 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ironskin, described by its author as a steampunk retelling of Jane Eyre with fairies, is set in an alternate early-twentieth-century world recovering from a war between humans and the fey. Jane Eliot wears an iron mask over half her face to contain a fey curse that scarred her during the war, and takes a position as governess to Dorie, a strange young girl believed to be marked by her own fey curse, in the household of Dorie's father, the reclusive and enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. As Jane works to teach Dorie to control her curse, she becomes drawn to Rochart despite the secrets he keeps about his art and his past, and begins to uncover truths that challenge everything she has assumed about her own disfigurement and the possibility of a life beyond it, launching the trilogy that continues in Copperhead and Silverblind.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ironskin
- Series: Ironskin core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tina Connolly
Awards (verified)
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2012: finalist; Ironskin
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 Ironskin: position 1 of 3: next Copperhead (2013)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Tina Connolly
- https://www.tinaconnolly.com/
- https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765330611/ironskin/
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