The Cutting Edge
core novel 1992 Pandemia
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (1,225 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345378965 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Fifteen years of peace have passed, and Queen Inos and King Rap of Krasnegar sense a darkness gathering. Rap stays out of the border wars of the Impire until he learns that the Protocol, the treaty that has governed the use of magic for a thousand years, is in danger of failing. In the capital, Hub, the young heir Shandie fights the Caliph of Zark and is crowned Emshandar V after the old Imperor's death. Rap receives a divine warning that he must lose a child, and a gifted pixie girl named Thaile is taken to the College. Meanwhile word spreads that the sorcerer Zinixo is seizing control of all other sorcerers.
Where it sits
- Universe: Pandemia
- Series: A Handful of Men core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- The ISBN is the first-edition hardcover (Del Rey, 1992).
- From the series record (A Handful of Men): Four sequels set in Pandemia in which Rap, Inos and Shandie face the sorcerer Zinixo as the Protocol governing magic breaks down.
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 A Handful of Men: position 1 of 4: next Upland Outlaws (1993)
- Internal chronology, within Pandemia: position 2 of 8: previous Magic Casement (1990) · next Faery Lands Forlorn (1991)
Sources
- Apple Books publisher description, A Handful of Men
- Wikipedia, The Cutting Edge
- Wikipedia, Upland Outlaws
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