The Gold Falcon
core novel 2006 Deverry
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (2,485 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 512 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-00-712868-1 |
| First-edition date | 2006-05 |
| Internal chronology | 12 |
Synopsis
Opening the fourth act of the Deverry Cycle, the Silver Wyrm, this novel follows two orphaned brothers, Neb and his younger sibling, who are forced to flee their remote farm when the Horsekin launch raids across Deverry's western border. A chance meeting with Salamander, a bard skilled in the dweomer, leads them to sanctuary at the fortress of Tieryn Cadryc, where Neb falls in love with a young woman named Branna even as the wider conflict threatening the kingdom's stability continues to close in around them. Both Neb and Branna gradually discover that they possess magical abilities of their own, and that they are opposed by enemies from a forgotten past neither of them can consciously remember, reincarnations of a struggle begun in earlier lifetimes.
Where it sits
- Universe: Deverry
- Series: Act Four: The Silver Wyrm core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katharine Kerr
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 Four: The Silver Wyrm: position 1 of 4: next The Spirit Stone (2007)
- Internal chronology, within Deverry: position 12 of 16: previous The Fire Dragon (2000) · next The Spirit Stone (2007)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deverry_Cycle
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291570/the-gold-falcon-by-katharine-kerr/
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