The Darkangel
core novel 1982 The Darkangel Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.92 (9,603 ratings, collected 2026-10-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316067232 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Eoduin, a beautiful young woman, is abducted by a vampyre while out gathering flowers with her slave, Aeriel, and is carried off to be the vampyre's bride. Aeriel, determined to avenge her mistress, returns to the peak from which Eoduin was stolen and waits for the vampyre to return. He takes her too, but not to be his bride: in his mountain castle she must spin clothes out of her own emotions for his thirteen demented wives, wraiths whose souls he stole, and care for the starving gargoyles he keeps as guard dogs. Unable to tell which wraith is Eoduin, she learns to love them all, and must choose between destroying her vampyre master for his evil deeds or saving him for his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Darkangel Trilogy
- Series: The Darkangel Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Meredith Ann Pierce
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy), 1983: finalist
Notes
- First published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1982; the ISBN recorded is the Little, Brown edition of 2007.
- From the series record (The Darkangel Trilogy): Aeriel, the darkangel Irrylath and the White Witch.
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 Darkangel Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next A Gathering of Gargoyles (1984)
Sources
- Wikipedia (The Darkangel Trilogy)
- Most Recommended Books (series summaries)
- Library catalogue (Little, Brown 2007 edition)
- Publisher description (via Bookshare)
- Fantasy Literature (review)
- Mythopoeic Society (final ballots)
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