The Dancers of Arun
core novel 1979 The Chronicles of Tornor
Record
| First published | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.79 (633 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 275 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780600202233 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Dancers of Arun, published by Elizabeth A. Lynn in 1979, continues the Chronicles of Tornor a generation after Watchtower. Kerris is a disabled young scribe living at Tornor Keep who discovers he possesses a rare telepathic witch-gift linking him to his brother Kel, a member of a traveling order of dancers known as chearas. Kerris leaves Tornor to travel south with Kel's cheara to the city of Elath, where he hopes to learn more about his gift from Sefer, Kel's lover and the founder of the first Tanjo, a school established to train witches like him. As Kerris works to understand and accept both his ability and himself, a new danger emerges from the Asech, desert tribes seeking to acquire witch-gift training of their own.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of Tornor
- Series: The Chronicles of Tornor core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Elizabeth A. Lynn
Notes
- From the series record (The Chronicles of Tornor): A loosely connected trilogy set generations apart in the same world, exploring different societies and, notably for its time, matter-of-fact same-sex relationships among its protagonists.
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 Chronicles of Tornor: position 2 of 3: previous Watchtower (1979) · next The Northern Girl (1980)
Sources
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