The Diamond Throne

core novel 1989 The Elenium Universe

Record

First published	1989
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.98 (36,844 ratings, collected 2026-09-12)
Page count	435
First-edition ISBN	0-345-35691-8
First-edition date	1989-05
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

The Diamond Throne is a 1989 fantasy novel by David Eddings, the first book in The Elenium trilogy. It opens with the Pandion Knight Sparhawk returning to the kingdom of Elenia after ten years of exile, only to discover that his young ward, Queen Ehlana, has been poisoned and magically encased in diamond by the traitorous Primate Annias in order to preserve her life while he seizes power in her absence. With his companions, including his old friend Kalten, his squire Kurik, and the mysterious Styric woman Sephrenia, Sparhawk sets out to rally support from the knights of the other three Church Knight orders and gathers additional allies, including a strange, silent girl known as Flute.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Elenium Universe
• Series: The Elenium core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: David Eddings

Notes

• From the series record (The Elenium): Credited to David Eddings solely on original editions (predates Leigh Eddings' 1995 crediting), author-credit fidelity rule.

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 The Elenium: position 1 of 3: next The Ruby Knight (1990)
• Internal chronology, within The Elenium Universe: position 1 of 6: next The Ruby Knight (1990)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elenium
• https://davideddings.fandom.com
• https://www.isfdb.org
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Throne

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