The Bird of the River
core novel 2010 The Anvil of the World
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (608 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765322968 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
After their mother, a drug addict, drowns, the teenager Eliss and her younger half-breed brother join the crew of a huge river barge, the Bird of the River. Eliss must prove she can stay aboard, and she becomes a sharp-eyed spotter of snags and other river hazards. Krelan, a trained assassin travelling as a passenger, is searching for the head of a dead nobleman so that it can be buried with his body, and he needs her help. The barge's journey takes it past cities and cultures along the river, and it faces attacks by pirates. The novel is self-contained and has only a few references to the earlier books.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Anvil of the World
- Series: The Anvil of the World core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kage Baker
Notes
- Self-contained story set in the same world as the first two books.
- From the series record (The Anvil of the World): Three novels in one fantasy world, the second a prequel to the first and the third a loosely linked story.
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 Anvil of the World: position 3 of 3: previous The House of the Stag (2008)
Sources
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