Pendragon
core novel 1994 Pendragon Cycle
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (6,790 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 448 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380717576 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Continuing to be narrated by Myrddin, this fourth book of the Pendragon Cycle follows the newly established Kingdom of Summer as it faces a serious new threat from beyond Britain's shores. An invading Vandal army led by Twrch Trwyth, known as the Black Boar, strikes first at Ireland and then at Britain itself, threatening the stability Arthur has worked to build in the earlier books. As if the invasion were not danger enough, a devastating plague follows in its wake, spreading through the kingdom and endangering the fragile peace and prosperity Arthur has achieved. The book follows Arthur and his companions as they contend with both the external military threat of the Vandal invasion and the internal crisis brought on by the plague sweeping through his lands.
Where it sits
- Universe: Pendragon Cycle
- Series: Pendragon Cycle core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stephen R. Lawhead
Notes
- From the series record (Pendragon Cycle): A large-scale Arthurian retelling spanning Atlantean prehistory through the fall of Camelot, published across five novels 1987-1997.
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 Pendragon Cycle: position 4 of 5: previous Arthur (1989) · next Grail (1997)
- Internal chronology, within Pendragon Cycle: position 4 of 7: previous Arthur (1989) · next Grail (1997)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Pendragon Cycle
- Stephen Lawhead official site: The Pendragon Cycle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendragon_Cycle
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