Shadowdale
novel 1989 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780880387309 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Avatar Trilogy ; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Scott Ciencin
Notes
- The Avatar Trilogy #1. Credited on its original edition to the shared house pseudonym "Richard Awlinson"; actual authorship per Wikipedia's "The Avatar Series" article.
- From the series record (The Avatar Trilogy): The foundational 1989 crossover trilogy covering the Forgotten Realms' Time of Troubles, during which the gods walk Faerun as mortals: Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep. Published under the shared house pseudonym "Richard Awlinson"; Shadowdale and Tantras are actually by Scott Ciencin, Waterdeep by Troy Denning, per Wikipedia's own "The Avatar Series" article. Registered 2026-08-18.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Avatar Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Tantras (1989)
- Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 3 of 215: previous Elminster: The Making of a Mage (1994) · next Dissolution (2002)
Sources
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