The Dawnhounds

core novel 2022 The Endsong

Record

First published	2022
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.62 (2,240 ratings, collected 2026-08-26)
First-edition ISBN	9781982187057
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

The Dawnhounds, published by Sascha Stronach in 2022, opens the Endsong duology in the biotech-infused port city of Hainak. Yat Jyn-Hok is a disgraced police officer who stumbles onto a corpse she was never meant to find, and is murdered by fellow officers determined to keep her discovery quiet. An ancient, mysterious power intervenes and resurrects her, granting Yat the unsettling ability to manipulate life force itself, a gift she barely understands and cannot easily control. Now hunted by the very authorities she once served, Yat finds refuge among a pirate crew operating outside the reach of Hainak's police, even as a deadly plague begins spreading through the city's streets, forcing her to confront the corruption running through Hainak's institutions from the very top down.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Endsong
• Series: The Endsong core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Sascha Stronach

Notes

• From the series record (The Endsong): A biopunk-inflected fantasy series set in the fungal, semi-living city of Hainak, following a disgraced police officer turned revolutionary; further volumes beyond the second book had not been confirmed as of research.

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 Endsong: position 1 of 2: next The Sunforge (2024)

Sources

• The Endsong series page, publisher catalog
• https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Dawnhounds/Sascha-Stronach/The-Endsong/9781982187057

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