The Compass of the Soul
core novel 1998 Moontide and Magic Rise
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.69 (312 ratings, collected 2026-10-24) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780886779337 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In his quest to destroy all the magic in the world, the last great mage, Lord Eldrich, sends Erasmus Flattery to find and eliminate Anna, the leader of the Tellerites, a group of fanatics desperate to preserve magic, including the key to immortality. But as Erasmus becomes resentful of Eldrich and strangely loyal to those he is sent to hunt, the hunt turns on the question of where his loyalties, and his own Talent, truly lie. Picking up where Beneath the Vaulted Hills leaves off, as the second half of The River into Darkness, it was published by DAW Books in 1998; SF Site called the pair just the sort of books that can sweep you away from your day-to-day life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Moontide and Magic Rise
- Series: The River into Darkness core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sean Russell
Notes
- From the series record (The River into Darkness): Prequel duology set a generation before Moontide and Magic Rise.
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 River into Darkness: position 2 of 2: previous Beneath the Vaulted Hills (1997)
- Internal chronology, within Moontide and Magic Rise: position 4 of 4: previous Sea Without a Shore (1996)
Sources
- PaperBackSwap (bibliography with DAW first-edition ISBNs)
- Wikipedia (Sean Russell)
- AbeBooks (DAW hardcover record with synopsis and Kirkus note)
- DAW Books (publisher description, via Worlds Without End)
- Contemporary Authors (via Encyclopedia.com)
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