The Dragon's Path
core novel 2011 The Dagger and the Coin
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (23,401 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| Page count | 592 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316080682 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
All paths lead to war. Marcus Wester's hero days are behind him, and he would far rather guard humble caravans than cruel kings. Cithrin bel Sarcour is an orphan, ward of a banking house, whose loyalty is not to her long-dead noble parents but to the Medean Bank that took her in. Geder, sole scion of a noble house, has more interest in philosophy than in swordplay. Escaping a city under siege with the help of a travelling theatre troupe, Cithrin and Marcus must smuggle the treasury of the lost city of Vanai through a war zone in which every army seeks new sources of funds and every king wants them dead, while a new player rises from the depths of history, fanning the flames that will sweep the whole region onto the dragon's path, the path to war. The first book of Daniel Abraham's The Dagger and the Coin.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dagger and the Coin
- Series: The Dagger and the Coin core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Daniel Abraham
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2012: nominated; Ranked on the full Locus Award Fantasy Novel 2012 nominating ballot.
Notes
- From the series record (The Dagger and the Coin): The completed five-book Dagger and the Coin sequence.
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 Dagger and the Coin: position 1 of 5: next The King's Blood (2012)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Dagger and the Coin
- Hachette Book Group: The Dragon's Path
- Hachette Book Group: The King's Blood
- Hachette Book Group: The Tyrant's Law
- Hachette Book Group: The Widow's House
- Hachette Book Group: The Spider's War
- Orbit (publisher description and Publishers Weekly review)
- Las Vegas-Clark County Library (OverDrive publisher description)
- sfadb: Locus Awards 2012
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