The King of Dreams
core novel 2001 Majipoor Cycle
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (315 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061051715 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The King of Dreams concludes the Lord Prestimion Cycle, set some years after Prestimion has assumed the senior role of Pontifex, with his former ally Dekkeret governing as Coronal. The story follows Dekkeret as he confronts a crisis originating far from Majipoor's political centers, when reports arrive of a fanatical religious movement rising in the planet's eastern provinces, one that threatens both public order and the delicate balance of power maintained by the Pontifex and Coronal's dual rule. Dekkeret must draw on the lessons of statecraft learned under Prestimion's mentorship to investigate the unrest and determine how to respond without inflaming tensions further. The novel closes out the cycle's long arc concerning the use and abuse of sorcery, memory, and religious authority in Majipoori society, bringing Prestimion's era of governance to its final test.
Where it sits
- Universe: Majipoor Cycle
- Series: The Lord Prestimion Cycle core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robert Silverberg
Notes
- From the series record (The Lord Prestimion Cycle): A prequel trilogy set centuries before the Lord Valentine Cycle, following the earlier Coronal Prestimion.
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 Lord Prestimion Cycle: position 3 of 3: previous Lord Prestimion (1999)
- Internal chronology, within Majipoor Cycle: position 6 of 7: previous Valentine Pontifex (1983) · next The Mountains of Majipoor (1995)
Sources
← Majipoor Cycle dossier · All universes
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