The Iron Dragon's Mother
core novel 2019 The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (385 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250198259 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Caitlin of House Sans Merci is the young half-human pilot of a sentient mechanical dragon. Returning from her first soul-stealing raid, she discovers an unwanted hitchhiker in her head: Helen V., a dying retired television producer from our own world. Soon afterwards Caitlin is framed for a string of crimes, including the murder of her brother, whom she believes is still alive, and to save herself she must disappear into industrialised Faerie in search of the one person who can clear her, with only the woman in her head and an ageless waif she picks up along the way for company.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Iron Dragon's Daughter
- Series: The Iron Dragon's Daughter core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Swanwick
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award, 2020: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (The Iron Dragon's Daughter): Three standalone novels in one setting.
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 Iron Dragon's Daughter: position 3 of 3: previous The Dragons of Babel (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Michael Swanwick (The Iron Dragon's Daughter, The Dragons of Babel, The Iron Dragon's Mother in one setting)
- Publishers Weekly: The Iron Dragon's Mother (Tor hardcover, ISBN 978-1-250-19825-9)
- Worlds Without End: The Iron Dragon's Mother (synopsis)
- Locus: Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Iron Dragon's Mother
- Audiobooks Now: The Iron Dragon's Mother (publisher description)
- Fantasy Literature: The Iron Dragon's Mother review (finalist for the 2020 Locus Award)
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