The Baker's Boy
core novel 1995 The Book of Words
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (8,154 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780446602822 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Baker's Boy is set at Castle Harvell where the court of the dying King Lesketh is riven by intrigue as rival factions maneuver over the coming succession. A lowly kitchen apprentice named Jack discovers he possesses uncontrollable, seemingly miraculous power that neither he nor anyone else around him understands, a gift that quickly marks him as dangerous to people who would rather see such abilities destroyed than left to grow unchecked. At the same time, the willful noblewoman Melliandra flees a forced betrothal to the sinister Prince Kylock, whose ambitions reach well beyond the marriage arranged for him, setting her on a path across the kingdom that will eventually cross with Jack's. As both young people are pushed from the safety of Castle Harvell into a wider, more dangerous world, the fragile order of the Four Kingdoms begins to unravel around them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of Words
- Series: The Book of Words Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J. V. Jones
Notes
- From the series record (The Book of Words Trilogy): J. V. Jones's debut epic-fantasy trilogy.
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 The Book of Words Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next A Man Betrayed (1996)
- Internal chronology, within The Book of Words: position 1 of 7: next A Cavern of Black Ice (1999)
Sources
- The Book of Words - bibliography listing
- The Book of Words - Sword of Shadows Wiki
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/j-v-jones/bakers-boy.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Betrayed_(novel)
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