Prisoner of the Lagon
core novel 1980 Guin Saga
Record
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  JA |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (83 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 296 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781934287194 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Prisoner of the Lagon, published by Kaoru Kurimoto in 1980, is the fourth Guin Saga novel translated into English, following the leopard-masked warrior Guin as he leads his companions in search of the legendary Lagon, a race of giant warriors rumored to be able to help the outnumbered Sem tribes withstand the far larger Mongauli army. With the loose alliance of Sem tribes at constant risk of collapsing under its own internal divisions, Guin must locate these near-mythical fighters before infighting destroys the coalition from within, even as his ally Istavan works separately behind enemy lines to sabotage Mongauli operations. Amid this search, Guin begins to sense, however dimly, that his own unexplained strength and presence in this world may be tied to a larger destiny reshaping the land around him.
Where it sits
- Universe: Guin Saga
- Series: The Guin Saga (English-translated volumes) core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kaoru Kurimoto
Notes
- From the series record (The Guin Saga (English-translated volumes)): The four confirmed English-translated volumes of Kaoru Kurimoto's Japanese-language Guin Saga (Vertical Inc., translated by Alexander O. Smith). A fifth title once catalogued here ('The Wind Sword's Shadow') was removed as unresolvable after thorough research found no matching real Guin Saga volume, English or Japanese. The full Japanese-language saga (130 volumes by Kurimoto herself before her 2009 death, plus further volumes by other authors) runs far beyond this Core Canon; the untranslated remainder is a documented future research lead, not part of this admission.
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 The Guin Saga (English-translated volumes): position 3 of 4: previous The Marches King (1979) · next The Battle of Nospherus (1980)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Guin Saga
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/96255/the-guin-saga-book-four-prisoner-of-the-lagon-by-kaoru-kurimoto/
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