Once in a Blue Moon
core novel 2014 Forest Kingdom
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (923 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451414663 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Hawk and Fisher, the heroes who kept the peace in Haven, have given up adventuring and now run the Hero Academy, where they train young would-be heroes. Their adult children, Jack and Gillian, are kidnapped by the Demon Prince, an old enemy from the Forest Kingdom, who challenges the couple to one final battle. Hawk and Fisher suspect that the abductions are tied to a past case in Haven that they refuse to discuss. They return to the Forest Kingdom and take up their old identities as Prince Rupert and Princess Julia for one last story.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forest Kingdom
- Series: Forest Kingdom core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Simon R. Green
Notes
- Set about a century after the events of Blue Moon Rising.
- From the series record (Forest Kingdom): Five novels about Prince Rupert and Princess Julia and the threat of the Darkwood and the Demon Prince, including the two later books that bring back Hawk and Fisher.
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 Forest Kingdom: position 5 of 5: previous Beyond the Blue Moon (2000)
- Internal chronology, within Forest Kingdom: position 9 of 11: previous Wolf in the Fold (1991) · next Guard Against Dishonor (1991)
Sources
- FantasticFiction: Forest Kingdom
- ISFDB mirror: Once in a Blue Moon publications (Roc trade paperback 2014)
- Rising Shadow
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