The Dragon Revenant
core novel 1990 Deverry
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (6,903 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 396 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-385-26140-3 |
| First-edition date | 1990-05 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
The fourth Deverry novel opens with the provinces in turmoil after Rhodry Maelwaedd, heir to the throne of Aberwyn, is captured and enslaved, mindwiped, in the distant land of Bardek. Jill, now growing in power as a dweomer student, and Rhodry's half-brother Salamander set out across the sea to find and rescue him, with Salamander initially serving as her tutor in magic during the journey. The immortal wizard Nevyn, meanwhile, senses a wider magical conspiracy stretching across the sea that seems deliberately designed to draw him into its trap, and he joins the rescue effort himself, wary of what the conspiracy may mean for the kingdom he has watched over for generations.
Where it sits
- Universe: Deverry
- Series: Act One: Deverry core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katharine Kerr
Notes
- From the series record (Act One: Deverry): UK alt-titles exist for books 3-4 (Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood; Dragonspell: The Southern Sea).
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 Act One: Deverry: position 4 of 4: previous The Bristling Wood (1989)
- Internal chronology, within Deverry: position 4 of 16: previous The Bristling Wood (1989) · next A Time of Exile (1991)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deverry_Cycle
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/91961/the-dragon-revenant-by-katharine-kerr/
- https://deverry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dragon_Revenant
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