The False House
core novel 1999 The Evenmere Chronicles
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (281 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671037499 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Carter Anderson is now Master of Evenmere and has driven back the Society of Anarchists for a time, but the peace is fragile. The Anarchists, who believe the world cannot be justified and should be remade, kidnap a young girl as part of a plan to replace Evenmere with a house of their own. Years later a rival house rises in the Outer Darkness beyond Evenmere's reach, turning people into clockwork and draining the original house of its power. Carter, his half-brother Duskin and a small group must travel outside the house to find the false one, and the girl who is held there, before it is too late. Traitors among them threaten the mission.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Evenmere Chronicles
- Series: The Evenmere Chronicles core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: James Stoddard
Notes
- First published in the UK by Earthlight in 1999; the US edition from Warner Aspect followed in 2000.
- From the series record (The Evenmere Chronicles): Carter Anderson defends the infinite house Evenmere against the Society of Anarchists.
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 Evenmere Chronicles: position 2 of 3: previous The High House (1998) · next Evenmere (2015)
Sources
- Black Gate interview with James Stoddard
- AbeBooks edition list (Earthlight, 1999)
- A Green Man Review
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