The Eye of the Hunter
core novel 1992 Mithgar
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (1,647 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451452290 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A comet called the Eye of the Hunter returns a thousand years after it last appeared, and the forces of darkness stir for the return of the evil Baron Stoke. The immortal Elves Riatha and Aravan set out to recover a magic silver sword lost long ago to a yellow-eyed Man. Two Warrows, Gwylly and Faeril, join them to fulfill a thousand-year-old prophecy, and a fifth member of the company comes back from death. The group thaws Baeran, a shape-shifting Man and Bear trapped in a glacier with Stoke, and pursues the Baron from polar ice to desert.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mithgar
- Series: Other Mithgar novels core; position 2 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dennis L. McKiernan
Notes
- First published October 1992 in hardcover.
- From the series record (Other Mithgar novels): Standalone and loosely connected Mithgar novels published between 1990 and 2014.
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 Other Mithgar novels: position 2 of 7: previous Dragondoom (1990) · next Voyage of the Fox Rider (1993)
- Internal chronology, within Mithgar: position 8 of 14: previous Into the Fire (1998) · next The Darkest Day (1984)
Sources
- Mithgar.com author bibliography
- Penguin Random House Mithgar series
- Kirkus Reviews: The Eye of the Hunter
- Penguin Random House: The Eye of the Hunter
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