The Fire in His Hands
core novel 1984 Dread Empire
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (502 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 224 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671459079 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Dread Empire
- Series: Dread Empire core; position 1 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- From the series record (Dread Empire): Original trilogy, two later-written prequels, and a run of sequels; the planned concluding volume was never finished after the manuscript was lost. A ninth title, "Wrath of Kings," was considered but excluded: on inspection it is an omnibus edition bundling books 6-8, not a standalone novel with an independent reader-rating pool.
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 Dread Empire: position 4 of 8: previous All Darkness Met (1980) · next With Mercy Toward None (1985)
- Internal chronology, within Dread Empire: position 1 of 8: next With Mercy Toward None (1985)
Sources
← Dread Empire dossier · All universes
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