The Clocks of Iraz
core novel 1971 Novaria
Record
| First published | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.55 (366 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 161 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345298416 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Clocks of Iraz is the second book of L. Sprague de Camp's Reluctant King trilogy, continuing the adventures of Jorian, the deposed and still-fugitive king of Xylar, across the fantastical land of Novaria. Having escaped his kingdom's beheading custom and undertaken a quest for the sorcerer Karadur in The Goblin Tower, Jorian finds himself drawn into new schemes and political entanglements in the city-state of Iraz, continuing the blend of picaresque adventure and dry humor that characterizes de Camp's approach to sword-and-sorcery storytelling. The novel keeps Jorian on the move as agents of Xylar and new rivals in Iraz complicate his efforts to stay free of both his old throne and the fresh troubles his skills and reputation keep attracting.
Where it sits
- Universe: Novaria
- Series: The Reluctant King core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Notes
- From the series record (The Reluctant King): Core trilogy of the Novaria setting, later gathered into the omnibus The Reluctant King.
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 Reluctant King: position 2 of 3: previous The Goblin Tower (1968) · next The Unbeheaded King (1983)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Goblin Tower / The Fallible Fiend / The Clocks of Iraz / The Unbeheaded King
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Sprague_de_Camp
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