Kanketsu Kōro
core novel 1988 The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki)
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  JA |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (21 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9784041665046 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Back in Pars, the Lusitanian occupation begins to split from within as disputes grow between its leaders and its church. Arslan, helped by Narsus's planning, calls on the Parsian lords to rise and join him, and begins to build a real army out of scattered nobles and loyal soldiers. Hilmes, the masked claimant, makes his own plans and finds a new ally among the invaders. In the capital's prisons, the captive King Andragoras III watches events unfold. The prince must now turn a handful of companions into a force that can march on the capital, and decide which of the nobles he can rely on.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki)
- Series: The Heroic Legend of Arslan core; position 4 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Yoshiki Tanaka
Notes
- Japanese title 汗血公路. English title: The Road of Sweat and Blood. Part One of the series (volumes 1-7).
- From the series record (The Heroic Legend of Arslan): Sixteen novels following Crown Prince Arslan of Pars from the fall of his kingdom to his reign as king.
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 Heroic Legend of Arslan: position 4 of 16: previous Rakujitsu Hika (1987) · next Seiba Koei (1989)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Japanese Wikipedia: アルスラーン戦記
- Kadokawa product page (vol 4)
- Arslan Senki Wiki (fan wiki)
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