Naamah's Curse
core novel 2010 Kushiel's Legacy
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (11,532 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780446198059 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
Naamah's Curse, the second novel of the Moirin Trilogy, finds Moirin established far from Terre d'Ange in the empire of Ch'in, where she has won the favor of the Emperor and his daughter. Despite this position, she is troubled by an unresolved spiritual bond: a fragment of a goddess lodged within her own soul aches for its severed other half, tied to Bao, the man she loves and has been parted from. Sensing him across a vast distance, Moirin sets out westward across the steppe as winter closes in, determined to find him again. Her journey exposes her to harsh landscapes, human cruelty, and dark magic capable of suppressing her innate gifts, making her difficult for anyone searching for her to detect, as she pushes on in pursuit of the man from whom fate and distance have separated her.
Where it sits
- Universe: Kushiel's Legacy
- Series: The Moirin Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jacqueline Carey
Notes
- From the series record (The Moirin Trilogy): Set 100+ years after the Phèdre/Imriel trilogies, following a new protagonist, Moirin, in the same continuity/world.
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 The Moirin Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Naamah's Kiss (2009) · next Naamah's Blessing (2011)
- Internal chronology, within Kushiel's Legacy: position 8 of 9: previous Naamah's Kiss (2009) · next Naamah's Blessing (2011)
Sources
- Kushiel's Legacy (Wikipedia)
- Jacqueline Carey (Wikipedia)
- Kushiel's Dart -- Awards and Nominations (Liquisearch)
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