Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances
novella 2022 Dominion of the Fallen
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781625675941 |
Synopsis
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances follows married couple Thuan, a dragon prince, and Asmodeus, a Fallen angel, from Aliette de Bodard's Dominion of the Fallen universe, as a planned family holiday goes badly wrong. Their trip is upended when they find a corpse in a ruined shrine and encounter a ghost who witnessed the killing, and it soon becomes clear that someone is determined to silence both the ghost and everyone connected to what it saw. While Asmodeus is driven toward vengeance, Thuan tries to hold the situation, and his family, together as they are pursued by malevolent paper charms. Alongside the murder investigation, the novel follows the couple as they try to reconcile their very different visions of their future together, blending dark fantasy, mystery, and domestic comedy in equal measure.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dominion of the Fallen
- Series: Dragons and Blades ; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Aliette de Bodard
Notes
- From the series record (Dragons and Blades): Two novellas set in the same Paris/dragon-kingdom setting, following secondary characters (Thuan and Asmodeus) -- side-story length, not the primary reading unit for this universe, per the Rivers of London precedent (main-sequence novels Core, side novellas Expanded).
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 Dragons and Blades: position 2 of 2: previous Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (2020)
Sources
- Aliette de Bodard: official bibliography
- https://www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography/novels/dragons-and-blades/of-charms-ghosts-and-grievances/
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