The Defiant Heir
core novel 2018 Swords and Fire / Rooks and Ruin
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.30 (3,787 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316466899 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Swords and Fire / Rooks and Ruin
- Series: Swords and Fire core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Melissa Caruso
Notes
- From the series record (Swords and Fire): A trilogy set in the Serene Empire, following Amalia Cornaro and a bonded fire warlock.
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 Swords and Fire: position 2 of 3: previous The Tethered Mage (2017) · next The Unbound Empire (2019)
- Internal chronology, within Swords and Fire / Rooks and Ruin: position 2 of 6: previous The Tethered Mage (2017) · next The Unbound Empire (2019)
Sources
- Hachette Book Group: Melissa Caruso titles
- Rating-platform source ↗
- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melissa-caruso/the-defiant-heir/9780316466899/
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