The Golden Swan
core novel 1983 The Book of the Isle
Record
| First published | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.76 (213 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671452537 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
As a child, Prince Dair is a shape-shifter born a changeling, able to take the form of a wolf. In a vision he sees that he will one day travel far from his homeland to the mainland, carrying his magic with him. He also sees a golden swan and a stranger named Frain, who is magically bonded to him so that Frain feels everything Dair feels. Frain lives under a dark curse and is burdened by a lost love. The bond between the two is strong enough to decide the fate of a troubled land. The novel is the final volume of the series and follows The Black Beast.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of the Isle
- Series: The Book of the Isle core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Nancy Springer
Notes
- From the series record (The Book of the Isle): Five heroic fantasy novels set on the island of Isle, each following a new hero across the history of the land.
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 Book of the Isle: position 5 of 5: previous The Black Beast (1982)
Sources
- Fantastic Fiction
- Rising Shadow
- Open Road Media (Apple Books listing of the omnibus)
- Bookfever (Pocket Books first edition 1983; ISBN-10 0-671-452533)
- Apple Books (publisher description)
- Open Road Media (Book of Isle omnibus)
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