The Crimson Campaign
core novel 2014 The Powder Mage
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.35 (44,421 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 596 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316219075 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In the second Powder Mage novel, Field Marshal Tamas and his army are cut off deep behind enemy lines in Kez territory after a bold offensive goes wrong, forced to fight their way home through hostile country with dwindling supplies and no reinforcements in sight. Back in Adro, the new republic's leadership struggles to hold together as foreign powers and internal rivals sense weakness, while Taniel Two-Shot confronts new threats to the powder mage corps and the fragile peace his father's coup created. Inspector Adamat, meanwhile, pursues an investigation into political intrigue at the highest levels of the fledgling government even as the war effort strains every institution the revolution built.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Powder Mage
- Series: The Powder Mage Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Brian McClellan
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 Powder Mage Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Promise of Blood (2013) · next The Autumn Republic (2015)
- Internal chronology, within The Powder Mage: position 2 of 6: previous Promise of Blood (2013) · next The Autumn Republic (2015)
Sources
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