Seal of the Worm
core novel 2014 Shadows of the Apt
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.42 (2,539 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 614 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781447234555 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
In the tenth and concluding book of the Shadows of the Apt series, Empress Seda is left to grapple with the consequences of the power she has pursued so relentlessly throughout the preceding books, having secured her position at considerable personal and moral cost. The central crisis of the novel arrives when the ancient Seal that has long held back a monstrous, world-devouring force known as the Worm is shattered, allowing the Worm to stir toward the light for the first time in a thousand years and threatening to consume everything in its path. Seda comes to recognize that only extreme measures offer any hope of containing the Worm again, setting up a difficult reckoning between the scale of the danger she now faces and the methods she may be willing to use against it.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shadows of the Apt
- Series: Shadows of the Apt core; position 10 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Notes
- From the series record (Shadows of the Apt): The complete ten-book Shadows of the Apt sequence.
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 Shadows of the Apt: position 10 of 10: previous War Master's Gate (2013)
Sources
- Shadows of the Apt - Wikipedia
- https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adrian-tchaikovsky/seal-of-the-worm/9781529050448
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