The Demon King
core novel 1998 The Seer King Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (618 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780446673273 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Ten years have passed since General Damastes swore loyalty to the wizard Tenedos and to his promise of a united, peaceful Numantia. Tenedos now rules as emperor, but peace has not come. The provinces were taken by force, peasant revolts have been put down harshly, and outlaw sorcerers are hunted and killed. Now the emperor is raising a huge army to fight a much larger kingdom. Damastes, who has served him through everything, tries to prevent the coming catastrophe. In doing so he begins to uncover disturbing secrets about the man he follows and about the bargain that gave Tenedos his throne. The sequel to The Seer King continues Damastes' account of the emperor's reign.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Seer King Trilogy
- Series: The Seer King Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Chris Bunch
Notes
- From the series record (The Seer King Trilogy): Three novels following the rise and fall of the wizard-emperor Tenedos in Numantia, narrated by his general Damastes.
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 Seer King Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous The Seer King (1997) · next The Warrior King (1999)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Chris Bunch
- Hachette Book Group (Grand Central Publishing trade paperback, March 1998)
- Rising Shadow: Demon King
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