Kosigan, Un printemps de sang
core novel 2024 Le Bâtard de Kosigan
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  FR |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.19 (48 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9782382671504 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
In 1365, during the Hundred Years' War, Pierre Cordwain, a former mercenary captain, assassin and spy, returns to the county of Kosigan, which he fled when his father died. At the same moment a Franco-Burgundian negotiation is under way, a shape-shifting Italian adventuress travels through the county of Albret, and a dragon appears in the sky for the first time in centuries. The novel asks what links these events and who is trying to bring down the Duke of Burgundy and wipe out the Kosigan line. It is set several years after the earlier books and is presented as readable by newcomers as well as long-time followers.
Where it sits
- Universe: Le Bâtard de Kosigan
- Series: Le Bâtard de Kosigan core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fabien Cerutti
Awards (verified)
- Prix Imaginales (Meilleur roman francophone), 2025: won
Notes
- Reissued by Folio in 2026 as Kosigan nouvelle donne: Un printemps de sang.
- From the series record (Le Bâtard de Kosigan): Pierre Cordwain de Kosigan's adventures in a Hundred Years' War Europe with elves and magic: a four-novel first cycle (2014-2018) and a fifth novel in 2024.
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 Le Bâtard de Kosigan: position 5 of 5: previous Le Testament d'involution (2018)
Sources
← Le Bâtard de Kosigan dossier · All universes
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