The House of the Stag
core novel 2008 The Anvil of the World
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (896 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765317452 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Gard is a half-demon foundling raised by the Yendri, a peaceful people,. When the warlike Riders conquer his adoptive people, Gard wages a one-man guerrilla war against them. He is then enslaved and exiled by underground mages, and the story follows how he gains power, seeks vengeance and rises to become the Dark Lord, commanding demon armies. It also tells how he meets and marries a goddess, and how he becomes a husband and a father to the family that later includes Lord Ermenwyr. The book is a prequel to The Anvil of the World.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Anvil of the World
- Series: The Anvil of the World core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kage Baker
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2009: nominated
Notes
- Prequel to The Anvil of the World.
- From the series record (The Anvil of the World): Three novels in one fantasy world, the second a prequel to the first and the third a loosely linked story.
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 Anvil of the World: position 2 of 3: previous The Anvil of the World (2003) · next The Bird of the River (2010)
Sources
- Rising Shadow
- ISFDB mirror (AuthorWars)
- Rising Shadow
- Curled Up With a Good Book
- Wikipedia: Kage Baker
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