Shakti
core novel 2016 Les Sentiers des Astres
Record
| Original title | Shakti |
|---|---|
| First published | 2016 |
| Original language |  FR |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.36 (231 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 345 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9782361835514 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Shakti, the second novel in Les Sentiers des Astres, opens directly from the cliffhanger of Manesh, with nine survivors, seven men, a woman and a child, led by the bard Fintan Calathynn, trapped in the Teules cave and surrounded by hostile forces known as the children of the ermine and their giant allies. The group must find a way out of the boreal forest of Vyanthryr while being actively hunted, before the story shifts to trace the earlier history of Shakti, a mysterious courtesan whose personal past turns out to be closely tied to the wider mythology and quest running through the series. The novel interweaves this pursuit narrative with Shakti's backstory as the survivors work their way back toward their original goal of reaching the King-Speaker.
Where it sits
- Universe: Les Sentiers des Astres
- Series: Les Sentiers des Astres core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stefan Platteau
Notes
- From the series record (Les Sentiers des Astres): Core Canon = all 3 numbered volumes of the original trilogy (Manesh, Shakti, Meijo), Stefan Platteau's own complete, closed work. Manesh won the 2015 Prix Imaginales for Meilleur roman francophone. Original French-language editions (Les Moutons electriques, Lyon), no confirmed English translation as of the latest update.
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 Les Sentiers des Astres: position 2 of 3: previous Manesh (2013) · next Meijo (2018)
Sources
- nooSFere bibliographic entry: Manesh
- Les Imaginales festival, official palmares page
- https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146601787
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