The Death of the Necromancer
core novel 1998 Ile-Rien
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (4,871 ratings, collected 2026-09-07) |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Ile-Rien
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Martha Wells
Notes
- Standalone novel set later than The Element of Fire; a 1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel finalist. Its protagonist, Nicholas Valiarde, is an ancestor of Tremaine Valiarde in the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy.
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 Ile-Rien (standalone work): position 2 of 5: previous The Element of Fire (1993) · next The Wizard Hunters (2003)
Sources
- Ile-Rien (English Wikipedia)
- Martha Wells: the Ile-Rien Books (author's own site)
- The Death of the Necromancer (English Wikipedia)
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