The Fire Dragon
core novel 2000 Deverry
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (3,231 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 435 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-00-224645-7 |
| First-edition date | 2000-10 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
This novel closes out the Dragon Mage act with dual narratives set generations apart. In the earlier timeline, Prince Maryn prepares to press his claim to the high kingship of Deverry, facing down the rebellious Boar clan amid a court thick with intrigue and a lingering curse hanging over his cause. Centuries later, in the northern city of Cerr Cawnen, the savage Horsekin begin threatening the city's survival, and its defenders find themselves opposed by the dragon rider Rhodry and the sorceress Dallandra, both drawing on older magic to hold back the invaders. The two eras mirror one another, with Maryn's struggle to secure a fractured kingdom in the past echoing the later fight of Rhodry and Dallandra to protect Cerr Cawnen from a very different kind of enemy, tying the founding of the high kingship to the dangers still facing Deverry's descendants.
Where it sits
- Universe: Deverry
- Series: Act Three: The Dragon Mage core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katharine Kerr
Notes
- From the series record (Act Three: The Dragon Mage): Correction: this is a TRILOGY, distinct from the separate Act Four tetralogy (The Silver Wyrm), some casual summaries wrongly merge the two.
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 Three: The Dragon Mage: position 3 of 3: previous The Black Raven (1999)
- Internal chronology, within Deverry: position 11 of 16: previous The Black Raven (1999) · next The Gold Falcon (2006)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deverry_Cycle
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/91962/the-fire-dragon-by-katharine-kerr/
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