Melusine
core novel 2005 Doctrine of Labyrinths
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (4,608 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 477 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441012862 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The first novel in Sarah Monette's Doctrine of Labyrinths series follows Felix Harrowgate, a celebrated wizard of the city of Mélusine hiding a dark past of enslavement and sexual abuse at the hands of a former master, whose trauma resurfaces catastrophically and threatens to unravel the sanity and status he has built for himself at court. His estranged half-brother, Mildmay the Fox, a wanted assassin and thief who has spent his life on the opposite end of Mélusine's social order, is drawn into Felix's collapse largely against his own will. Fate throws the two brothers together on a difficult journey far from the city of Mélusine, forcing them to rely on each other despite years of separation and mutual distrust.
Where it sits
- Universe: Doctrine of Labyrinths
- Series: Doctrine of Labyrinths core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Addison
Notes
- From the series record (Doctrine of Labyrinths): The complete, closed four-book series (2005-2009, Ace Books), one continuous story.
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 Doctrine of Labyrinths: position 1 of 4: next The Virtu (2006)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine_of_Labyrinths
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Monette
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lusine_(novel)
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