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Range of Ghosts

core novel 2012 Eternal Sky

Record

First published2012
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.69 (3,975 ratings, collected 2026-08-26)
Page count336
First-edition ISBN9780765327543
Internal chronology1

Synopsis

Range of Ghosts, published in 2012, the first novel of the Eternal Sky trilogy, is set in a world shaped by Central Asian inspiration and follows Temur, grandson of a great khan and heir by blood to his grandfather's throne, forced into hiding after a devastating civil war within his family leaves him one of the few survivors of his line. Pursued by the ambitions of his ruthless cousin, who seeks to eliminate rival claimants, Temur travels in disguise across a landscape marked by steppe, mountain, and desert, each ruled by its own distinctive sky and stars. His path crosses with Samarkar, once a princess of a neighboring empire who has renounced her royal position to train as a wizard, and together the two find themselves drawn into a widening conflict involving a fanatical sorcerer whose ambitions threaten kingdoms far beyond Temur's shattered clan.

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2013: nominated

Notes

  • From the series record (Eternal Sky): An epic fantasy trilogy drawing on the history and cultures of the medieval Silk Road and the Mongol steppe, following a deposed steppe princess and a wizard on the run from a usurped empire.

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 Eternal Sky: position 1 of 3: next Shattered Pillars (2013)

Sources

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