Skybowl
core novel 1994 Dragon Prince
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (10,318 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756417093 |
Synopsis
Skybowl brings the Dragon Star trilogy to its final volume as the Vellant'im's invasion of the continent grinds on, with Pol, now High Prince, struggling to coordinate a defense from ever-thinner resources. Working alongside his mother Sioned in the magical resistance and an uneasy Andry, Lord of Goddess Keep, Pol must draw together former rivals such as Tilal of Ossetia, Arlis of Kierst-Isel, and Laric of Firon into a single fighting alliance. As the Vellant'im advance and casualties mount, sorcerers of the Old Blood offer their aid, and plans take shape for a great magical construct called a ros'alath, meant to be built at the mountain lake known as Skybowl, while allied princes fight in parallel to reclaim territory the invaders have seized across the continent.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragon Prince
- Series: Dragon Star core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Melanie Rawn
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1994: nominated; For Skybowl.
Notes
- From the series record (Dragon Star): Direct sequel trilogy, centred on Rohan's son Pol; Skybowl was a Locus Award nominee, Best Fantasy Novel, 1994.
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 Dragon Star: position 3 of 3: previous The Dragon Token (1993)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Melanie Rawn
- Wikipedia: The Star Scroll
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybowl
- sfadb: Melanie Rawn awards (Locus Award corroboration)
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