Keys to the Demon Prison
core novel 2010 Fablehaven
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.46 (90,724 ratings, collected 2026-10-05) |
| Page count | 594 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781606412381 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
After many centuries of plotting, the Sphinx, leader of the Society of the Evening Star, is after the final artefacts needed to open the great demon prison, Zzyzx. If the legendary prison is opened, a tide of evil is certain to take control of the world. Kendra, Seth and the Knights of the Dawn race to recover the remaining keys first, a quest that carries them across the globe and into the series' strangest places, while old allies are lost, prisoners are freed and the true scale of the demons' ambition becomes clear. In the series finale, allegiances are confirmed and secrets revealed as the forces of light and darkness collide in a desperate, climactic battle, at the shore of Zzyzx itself, to control the keys to the demon prison, and the children of Fablehaven learn what the five keys were really for.
Where it sits
- Universe: Fablehaven
- Series: Fablehaven core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Brandon Mull
Notes
- From the series record (Fablehaven): Brandon Mull's bestselling middle-grade series: siblings Kendra and Seth Sorenson discover that their grandfather is caretaker of Fablehaven, a hidden preserve for magical creatures, and are drawn into the race between the Knights of the Dawn and the Society of the Evening Star for the five artefacts that unlock the demon prison Zzyzx.
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 Fablehaven: position 5 of 5: previous Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (2009)
- Internal chronology, within Fablehaven: position 10 of 11: previous Champion of the Titan Games (2020) · next Return of the Dragon Slayers (2021)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Shadow Mountain (publisher) via Harvard Book Store listing
- https://www.harvard.com/book/9781606412381
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