The Hatchling
core novel 2005 Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (9,850 ratings, collected 2026-10-27) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439739504 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
After the Pure Ones' defeat, the vengeful Nyra raises her son Nyroc to take his dead father's place and to hate Soren. Nyroc, who has the gift of seeing visions in fire, begins to doubt everything he has been taught, and when the Pure Ones demand a terrible act to complete his initiation, he must decide whether he will follow his mother or break free.
Where it sits
- Universe: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
- Series: Guardians of Ga'Hoole core; position 7 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kathryn Lasky
Notes
- From the series record (Guardians of Ga'Hoole): Sixteen novels of Soren, Coryn and the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, 2003-2013.
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 Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 7 of 16: previous The Burning (2004) · next The Outcast (2005)
- Internal chronology, within Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 19 of 28: previous Star Wolf (2013) · next The Outcast (2005)
Sources
← Guardians of Ga'Hoole dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.