Shadow of the Seer
core novel 2001 The Winter of the World
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (71 ratings, collected 2026-10-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575092273 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
The sixth and last Winter of the World novel, Shadow of the Seer is a definite departure from the template of the earlier books: rather than within the North American and European confines of its predecessors, it is set in an indistinct central Asian locale of the same frozen world, still threatened by the Ice. Published by Orbit in 2001, it was Michael Scott Rohan's last novel, as illness then silenced him as a novelist, and it closes the second trilogy begun with The Castle of the Winds and The Singer and the Sea.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Winter of the World
- Series: The Winter of the World core; position 6 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Scott Rohan
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the Gollancz SF Gateway edition; first published by Orbit in 2001.
- From the series record (The Winter of the World): Elof the Mastersmith and the war against the Ice.
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 Winter of the World: position 6 of 6: previous The Singer and the Sea (1999)
Sources
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Michael Scott Rohan)
- Fantastic Fiction (bibliography)
- Infinity Plus (review of Shadow of the Seer)
- Bookshop.org (Gollancz edition record)
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