The Iron Ghost
core novel 2015 The Copper Cat
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.14 (1,418 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| Page count | 544 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781472211149 |
Synopsis
Now celebrated heroes after their first adventure together, the sellsword Wydrin of Crosshaven, the once-cursed nobleman Lord Frith, and the disgraced knight Sir Sebastian accept a job that looks straightforward on paper: retrieve a stolen magical artifact from the remote, ice-locked city of Skaldshollow. The mission proves far more dangerous than promised, drawing the trio into a place twisted by ancient magic and haunted by the return of Joah Demonsworn, one of the most infamous and destructive mages of a bygone age. As competing factions converge on the same prize and supernatural threats close in from every side, Wydrin, Frith, and Sebastian must fight to survive a city where old, terrible power never truly went away, even as new complications arise between Wydrin and Frith themselves.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Copper Cat
- Series: The Copper Cat Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jen Williams
Notes
- From the series record (The Copper Cat Trilogy): Jen Williams' debut trilogy, complete at three novels; confirmed a separate world from her later The Winnowing Flame Trilogy.
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 The Copper Cat Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous The Copper Promise (2014) · next The Silver Tide (2016)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Williams
- https://www.sffworld.com/2017/03/the-iron-ghost-by-jen-williams/
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