Sorcerer's Son
core novel 1979 The Book of Elementals
Record
| First published | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (693 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345276421 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Gildrum came to Castle Spinweb as a wounded knight, to be succoured by the Lady Delivev, a sorceress with power over all magic related to spinning and weaving. After a brief idyll of love he vanished, and neither Delivev nor Cray, the son she bore, could know that Gildrum was a demon, enslaved by the sorcerer Rezhyk. As Cray grows to manhood in the magical Castle Spinweb he yearns to find his father, who disappeared years before on what seemed a heroic mission. Frustrated at every step, Cray turns at last to grimmer sorcery for his answers, and so comes under the control of his mother's arch-enemy, the demon-master Rezhyk.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of Elementals
- Series: The Book of Elementals core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Phyllis Eisenstein
Notes
- From the series record (The Book of Elementals): Two published novels; a planned third never appeared.
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 The Book of Elementals: position 1 of 2: next The Crystal Palace (1988)
Sources
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Eisenstein, Phyllis
- Bookrastinating: Sorcerer's Son (Del Rey mass-market paperback, 12 March 1979, ISBN 978-0-345-27642-1)
- Rising Shadow: Sorcerer's Son (publisher description)
- Fantasy Literature: Sorcerer's Son review (third novel, The City in Stone, not published)
- EBSCO Research Starters: Sorcerer's Son and The Crystal Palace by Phyllis Eisenstein
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