On the Edge
core novel 2009 The Edge / Innkeeper Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (47,911 ratings, collected 2026-10-07) |
| Page count | 336 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441017805 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Edge lies between worlds: on one side the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale, on the other the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam and the strength of your magic decides your destiny. Edgers can cross into both and belong to neither. Rose Drayton of the Georgia Edge thought that if she practised her magic she could build a better life, but things did not turn out as planned, and now she works an off-the-books job in the Broken to feed her two small brothers, one of whom sees ghosts and the other of whom turns into a cat. Then Declan Camarine, a blueblood noble from the deepest Weird, arrives determined to have Rose and her power. When a flood of creatures hungry for magic invades the Edge, the two must work together or the beasts will devour the Edge and everyone in it.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Edge / Innkeeper Chronicles
- Series: The Edge core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ilona Andrews
Notes
- From the series record (The Edge): Four novels set in the Edge, the strip of land between the Broken (our mundane world) and the Weird (a world of magic and blueblood aristocracy), each centred on a different couple of the Edger clans and the Weird's spy service.
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 Edge: position 1 of 4: next Bayou Moon (2010)
- Internal chronology, within The Edge / Innkeeper Chronicles: position 1 of 11: next Clean Sweep (2013)
Sources
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