The Hammer of the Sun
core novel 1988 The Winter of the World
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (192 ratings, collected 2026-10-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781857233186 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Mastersmith Elof Valantor pursues his love, Kara, to an unknown land where he is faced with the greatest challenge of his life. The third volume of The Winter of the World, which completed Michael Scott Rohan's original trilogy, takes its title from the Hammer of the Sun, a device employed against the Ice that The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes as, in essence, a tactical nuclear weapon. Published by Macdonald in 1988; the series was continued a decade later by three further novels from Orbit.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Winter of the World
- Series: The Winter of the World core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Scott Rohan
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the Orbit reissue of November 1998; first published by Macdonald in 1988.
- From the series record (The Winter of the World): Elof the Mastersmith and the war against the Ice.
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 Winter of the World: position 3 of 6: previous The Forge in the Forest (1987) · next The Castle of the Winds (1998)
Sources
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Michael Scott Rohan)
- Fantastic Fiction (bibliography)
- Publisher description on the book's record
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction (edition records)
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