Steles of the Sky
core novel 2014 Eternal Sky
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (1,319 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 432 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765327567 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Steles of the Sky brings the Eternal Sky trilogy to its climax, following Temur as he moves to reclaim his birthright and reunite the scattered clans of his people against his cousin's usurping rule, while the wider threat posed by the sorcerer al-Sepehr and his fanatical followers continues to spread beyond the immediate steppe conflict that began the series. Samarkar, now more fully trained in her wizardly abilities, works alongside Temur and their allies gathered across the first two novels to confront both the political fracture within Temur's khaganate and the deeper magical menace threatening the wider world beneath its many skies. The novel draws together the political, personal, and magical threads built up across Range of Ghosts and Shattered Pillars as the trilogy's central conflicts converge.
Where it sits
- Universe: Eternal Sky
- Series: Eternal Sky core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Elizabeth Bear
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2015: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Eternal Sky): An epic fantasy trilogy drawing on the history and cultures of the medieval Silk Road and the Mongol steppe, following a deposed steppe princess and a wizard on the run from a usurped empire.
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 Eternal Sky: position 3 of 3: previous Shattered Pillars (2013)
Sources
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