The Golden Hills of Westria
core novel 2006 Westria
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.62 (68 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765308894 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
Decades after Julian won the throne, his restless son, Prince Johan, is abducted by slavers following his Initiation Retreat and loses his sense of who he is. Meanwhile a fanatical army led by Mother Mahaliel marches on the coastal kingdom of Westria from the Sea of Grass. Johan, now with no memory of his past, travels with her forces. His childhood friend Luz sets out to find him and bring him home, and her efforts may decide the kingdom's fate. The novel is set in the same magical future California as the earlier books.
Where it sits
- Universe: Westria
- Series: Westria core; position 8 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Diana L. Paxson
Notes
- From the series record (Westria): Rulers of a post-Cataclysm California kingdom must recover four Jewels of Power.
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 Westria: position 8 of 8: previous The Jewel of Fire (1992)
Sources
- Diana Paxson: The Chronicles of Westria
- Wikipedia: Diana Paxson
- ISFDB data via Authorwars
- Rising Shadow
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