The Grief of Stones
core novel 2022 The Chronicles of Osreth
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.30 (7,985 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 245 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250813893 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In this second novel following Thara Celehar, the Witness for the Dead continues his work in the city of Amalo, still adjusting to a quieter, more settled life than the one that drew him into his previous case. He takes on an investigation connected to a series of deaths at the city's opera house, where the dead appear to be involved in circumstances that go beyond simple accident, drawing Celehar into the theater's closed and gossip-ridden community. As he works the case, he also continues to navigate his own grief and the complicated personal relationships that have grown around him in Amalo, including new responsibilities that come with training an apprentice, all while the investigation deepens into questions of who benefits from the deaths and why.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of Osreth
- Series: Cemeteries of Amalo core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Addison
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Fantasy Novel), 2023: nominated; Placed 10th in the Locus poll.
Notes
- From the series record (Cemeteries of Amalo): Set after The Goblin Emperor, following Thara Celehar (a minor character in the original novel) relocated to the city of Amalo.
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 Cemeteries of Amalo: position 2 of 3: previous The Witness for the Dead (2021) · next The Tomb of Dragons (2025)
- Internal chronology, within The Chronicles of Osreth: position 3 of 4: previous The Witness for the Dead (2021) · next The Tomb of Dragons (2025)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witness_for_the_Dead
- Katherine Addison, official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grief_of_Stones
- sfadb, Locus Awards All Nominees
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