Talon of the Silver Hawk
core novel 2002 Riftwar Cycle
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (19,909 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 378 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-00-224681-3 |
| First-edition date | 2002-09 |
| Internal chronology | 20 |
Synopsis
Talon of the Silver Hawk opens the Conclave of Shadows trilogy with the story of a boy of the Orosini, a mountain tribe, who receives the name Talon of the Silver Hawk during a vision quest shortly before his entire people are slaughtered on the orders of a duke seeking to conceal a secret. Rescued and trained by agents of the mysterious Conclave of Shadows, the boy adopts the identity of a nobleman, Talwin Hawkins, and is groomed over years in swordsmanship, politics and self-control, all in service of a single goal: gaining the position and power needed to reach the man responsible for destroying his people. The novel follows his transformation from a grieving tribal survivor into a calculating agent capable of infiltrating the highest circles of power, ending as he finally enters the service of the duke he intends to bring down.
Where it sits
- Universe: Riftwar Cycle
- Series: Conclave of Shadows core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Raymond E. Feist
Notes
- UK edition ISBN, the earliest edition on record.
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 Conclave of Shadows: position 1 of 3: next King of Foxes (2003)
- Internal chronology, within Riftwar Cycle: position 20 of 30: previous Shards of a Broken Crown (1998) · next King of Foxes (2003)
Sources
- Crydee.com, Official Raymond E. Feist site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riftwar_Cycle
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_of_Shadows
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