Prince of Dogs
core novel 1998 Crown of Stars
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (7,527 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 612 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780886777708 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Picking up roughly a season after King's Dragon, this sequel follows an expanding cast whose fortunes have shifted since the kingdom's borders were first breached: Sanglant, King Henry's half-Eika son, is held captive; Liath now serves as one of King Henry's Eagles, royal messengers with their own dangerous secrets; and Alain has been unexpectedly elevated to heir of Count Lavastine. With the city of Gent having fallen under Eika control, the characters are pulled into overlapping currents of court intrigue, military crisis, and religious controversy, as clergy such as the sharp, conflicted Rosvita navigate a church whose outward piety does not always match its inward motives. None of the principal characters are allowed to remain safe for long, as each is repeatedly separated from whatever security they had and forced to confront new dangers on their own.
Where it sits
- Universe: Crown of Stars
- Series: Crown of Stars core; position 2 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kate Elliott
Notes
- From the series record (Crown of Stars): A seven-volume secondary-world epic drawing on early medieval European history and astronomy/astrology, following a large ensemble cast across a single continuous conflict.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Crown of Stars: position 2 of 7: previous King's Dragon (1997) · next The Burning Stone (1999)
Sources
← Crown of Stars dossier · All universes
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