Scar Night
core novel 2006 Deepgate Codex
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.64 (4,165 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 421 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781405090353 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Scar Night, published by Alan Campbell in 2006, opens the Deepgate Codex in the gothic city of Deepgate, a settlement of chains and iron suspended directly over a bottomless abyss believed to lead to Hell itself. Rachel Hael is an assassin serving the city's ruling Church, tasked with investigating a series of disappearances tied to Scar Night, a single night each month when the city's inhabitants are ordered to stay indoors for fear of a predatory, winged killer said to stalk the streets. Her investigation draws her toward Dill, a young, inexperienced angel newly come into his role as the Church's reluctant champion, and toward secrets buried deep in Deepgate's founding history that its rulers have worked hard to keep hidden from the troubled, decaying city below.
Where it sits
- Universe: Deepgate Codex
- Series: Deepgate Codex core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alan Campbell
Notes
- From the series record (Deepgate Codex): A single continuous trilogy set in the city of Deepgate; no companion works.
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 Deepgate Codex: position 1 of 3: next Iron Angel (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Alan Campbell (writer)
- Reader-rating platform: Deepgate Codex series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepgate_Codex
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