Rex tremendae maiestatis
core novel 2010 Nicolas Eymerich
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  IT |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (238 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788804603856 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
In 1372 Nicolas Eymerich is in Sicily and Naples, again trying to save Christendom. This time his enemy is Ramón de Tàrrega, a converted Jew who secretly practises heresy and alchemy. Sicily is haunted by visions of flying discs, giant beings and deformed infants, and Eymerich traces them to the failed attempts of Lilith, also known as Myriam, to bear perfect children. A second storyline is set in the thirty-first century, where survivors on the Moon run a system that electroshocks a sedated humanity. The entity of the title, Rex, was born from Eymerich's alchemical quintessence and is trapped on the Moon, so the two eras are connected.
Where it sits
- Universe: Nicolas Eymerich
- Series: Ciclo di Eymerich core; position 10 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Valerio Evangelisti
Notes
- First published by Mondadori in 2010 in the Strade blu series.
- From the series record (Ciclo di Eymerich): Twelve novels following the fourteenth-century inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich, each pairing a medieval plot with a modern or future one.
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 Ciclo di Eymerich: position 10 of 12: previous La luce di Orione (2007) · next Eymerich risorge (2017)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Valerio Evangelisti
- Wikipedia (it): Ciclo di Eymerich
- Bookwyrm: Rex tremendae maiestatis (Mondadori, 2010)
- Wikipedia (it): Rex tremendae maiestatis
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