The Days of the Deer
core novel 2000 Saga of the Borderlands
Record
| Original title | Los días del venado |
|---|---|
| First published | 2000 |
| Original language |  ES |
| First English translation | 2013 |
| Translator | Nick Caistor |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (4,162 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 322 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781848870284 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Dulkancellin, a warrior from the Husihuilke people at the southern edge of the Fertile Lands, is summoned to a great council in the distant city of Beleram after strange omens and ancient manuscripts warn of ships approaching from across the sea. The messenger Cucub carries the summons across the land, gathering Dulkancellin and representatives of the Fertile Lands' many peoples, who barely trust one another, into a single uneasy assembly. There they learn that the invasion is led by Misaianes, son of Death, bearer of an ancient and undying hatred toward their world. Faced with a threat none of them can face alone, the assembled peoples must set aside old rivalries and begin to forge the alliances and magic needed to defend their homeland and its way of life from the coming war.
Where it sits
- Universe: Saga of the Borderlands
- Series: Saga of the Borderlands core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Liliana Bodoc
Notes
- From the series record (Saga of the Borderlands): Core Canon: the complete trilogy, originally published in Spanish as La Saga de los Confines. The first volume was published in English translation (Atlantic Books, 2013) as The Days of the Deer; an independently confirmed English translation date for the second and third volumes could not be established and is left unrecorded rather than guessed.
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 Saga of the Borderlands: position 1 of 3: next The Days of the Shadow (2002)
Sources
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