The Kagonesti
novel 1995 Dragonlance
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786900916 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Kagonesti opens the Lost Histories series and traces the origins of Krynn's wild elves. It follows Kaganos, a wood-dwelling elf who breaks from the elven ruler Silvanos as Silvanos leads most of the elven people toward building glittering, ordered cities. Kaganos and his followers choose instead to remain close to nature, forming the tribe that becomes known as the Kagonesti. Across generations spanning the turbulent Age of the Dragon Wars, the tribe endures pressure from expanding human settlements and the forces serving the Dark Queen, relying on guidance from a line of revered pathfinders to survive. As the wider world grows more hostile to their way of life, the wild elves are pushed toward a defining reckoning over whether their culture can endure or will be lost entirely, framing the deeper history behind the wild elves familiar from later Dragonlance novels.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragonlance
- Series: The Lost Histories ; position 1 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Douglas Niles
Notes
- Six standalone novels by different authors, each exploring one of Krynn's non-human races/peoples in depth.
- From the series record (The Lost Histories): Six standalone novels by different authors, each exploring one of Krynn's non-human races/peoples in depth.
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 Lost Histories: position 1 of 6: next The Irda (1995)
- Internal chronology, within Dragonlance: position 42 of 164: previous The Dragons of Krynn (1994) · next The Rebellion (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia (English)
- Dragonlance Wiki (Fandom)
- ISFDB, Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kagonesti
- https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/The_Kagonesti_(novel)
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