The Darkest Day
core novel 1984 Mithgar
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (2,403 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385189200 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The allied armies of Men, Elves, Dwarves and Warrows gather before the Iron Tower, where Modru plans to use the Myrkenstone during an eclipse to summon his master, Gyphon. A direct assault would be a disaster, so the leaders send a small group led by the Warrow Tuck to enter the fortress by stealth. Meanwhile, Laurelin, held prisoner in the Tower, tries to escape. The book brings together the story threads begun in the earlier volumes and sets the allied host and the dark mage against one another on the day of the eclipse, with the fate of Mithgar at stake.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mithgar
- Series: The Iron Tower core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dennis L. McKiernan
Notes
- Third of three volumes; first published September 1984.
- From the series record (The Iron Tower): Three linked volumes about the Winter War against the dark mage Modru.
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 Iron Tower: position 3 of 3: previous Shadows of Doom (1984)
- Internal chronology, within Mithgar: position 9 of 14: previous The Eye of the Hunter (1992) · next Voyage of the Fox Rider (1993)
Sources
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