The House of Shattered Wings
core novel 2015 Dominion of the Fallen
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.39 (4,640 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| Page count | 402 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451477385 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Dominion of the Fallen
- Series: The Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Aliette de Bodard
Awards (verified)
- British Science Fiction Association Award (Best Novel), 2015: won; Confirmed directly via bsfa.co.uk's own Past Winners page: "The 2015 Best Novel winner was The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)" -- presented March 26, 2016 at Mancunicon (per Locus Online's contemporary announcement post). The BSFA labels its award by the eligible work's publication year, not the ceremony year; registered as 2015 to match the award body's own labeling.
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2016: finalist; 4th place per the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention. Confirmed via sfadb.com (the accepted primary source for Locus lineage claims).
Notes
- From the series record (The Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy): Fallen angels ruling magically-devastated, post-apocalyptic Paris through rival Houses, with a Vietnamese-inflected dragon kingdom under the Seine. Completed trilogy (2015-2019).
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 Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next The House of Binding Thorns (2017)
Sources
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