Storm Born
core novel 2008 Dark Swan
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (33,272 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 361 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781420125795 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Opening the Dark Swan series, Storm Born is set between contemporary Arizona and the magical Otherworld. Eugenie Markham, also known in the Otherworld as Odile or the Dark Swan, works as a shaman for hire, using her skills to banish fey creatures and other otherworldly beings sent to trouble the human world, a trade she learned in part from her retired-shaman stepfather Roland. Her life changes when she is hired to track down and rescue a teenager who has been taken into the Otherworld. The search brings her face to face with a startling prophecy claiming that her own future firstborn child will be powerful enough to dominate both worlds, a revelation that draws the attention of ambitious fairy figures, including the shapeshifting kitsune Kiyo and the fairy king Dorian, each with their own stake in what she might become.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dark Swan
- Series: Dark Swan core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Richelle Mead
Notes
- From the series record (Dark Swan): Complete four-book urban fantasy sequence following a shaman and monster-hunter entangled in Otherworld fae politics.
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 Dark Swan: position 1 of 4: next Thorn Queen (2009)
Sources
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