Cover of The Lair of Bones

The Lair of Bones

core novel 2003 The Runelords

Record

First published2003
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.90 (6,302 ratings, collected 2026-09-02)
Page count432
First-edition ISBN9780765301765
Internal chronology4

Where it sits

  • Universe: The Runelords
  • Series: The Runelords (main sequence) core; position 4 of 8 in the series' recorded order
  • Author: David Farland

Notes

  • From the series record (The Runelords (main sequence)): The eight-book main numbered sequence (1998-2009), confirmed against publisher/retailer first-edition records; closes the saga's original story arc.

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 Runelords (main sequence): position 4 of 8: previous Wizardborn (2001) · next Sons of the Oak (2006)

Sources

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