Shadows of Doom
core novel 1984 Mithgar
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (2,244 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385188371 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The war against Modru goes badly. Laurelin, the beloved of young King Galen, is held prisoner inside Modru's iron fortress, and an attempt to free her fails. Two surviving Warrows make their way back to the Boskydells, where they find Modru's forces raiding the countryside, and they begin to organize the small folk to resist. Meanwhile Galen, the Warrow Tuck, the Elf-lord Gildor and the Dwarf Brega travel south to gather armies and allies for a stand against the dark mage. The book follows the two threads, one in the homeland of the Warrows and one on the roads of the wider world, as the allies try to unite before Modru's plan comes to fruition.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mithgar
- Series: The Iron Tower core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dennis L. McKiernan
Notes
- Second of three volumes; first published August 1984.
- From the series record (The Iron Tower): Three linked volumes about the Winter War against the dark mage Modru.
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 Iron Tower: position 2 of 3: previous The Dark Tide (1984) · next The Darkest Day (1984)
- Internal chronology, within Mithgar: position 5 of 14: previous Dragondoom (1990) · next The Brega Path (1986)
Sources
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