Son of the Black Sword
core novel 2015 Saga of the Forgotten Warrior
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (10,901 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781476780863 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world, and the land of Lok came to be ruled by the Law, under which the old gods are forbidden and the casteless live as untouchables. Ashok Vadal is a Protector, the most feared of the Law’s enforcers, and the bearer of Angruvadal, an ancient sword of black steel. No one is more merciless in rooting out those who secretly keep to the old ways, and for him everything is black or white, until he discovers that his entire life has been a fraud. Ashok is not who he thinks he is, and when the truth comes out he finds himself on the other side of the Law he has always served, drawn into a rebellion of the very people he was raised to hunt.
Where it sits
- Universe: Saga of the Forgotten Warrior
- Series: Saga of the Forgotten Warrior core; position 1 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Larry Correia
Awards (verified)
- Dragon Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2016: won
Notes
- From the series record (Saga of the Forgotten Warrior): Six-novel epic fantasy, Baen, 2015 to 2025.
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 Saga of the Forgotten Warrior: position 1 of 6: next House of Assassins (2019)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Larry Correia
- Wikipedia: Son of the Black Sword
- Amazon: Son of the Black Sword (publisher description)
- Locus: 2016 Dragon Awards Winners
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