The Leopard
core novel 2014 Gods of the Caravan Road
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.56 (273 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781616149031 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
About a year after Blackdog, the city of Marakand is falling under the sway of the Red Masks, an army that conquers its neighbours in the name of a mysterious ruler, the Lady of Marakand. Deyandara, a bastard heir and aspiring bard, travels in search of Ahjvar, a cursed assassin who is said to be the only one able to help her stand against them. Ahjvar is a cursed assassin who cannot die, and Deyandara's goddess offers him his own death as his reward. Many characters and plot threads weave around the two, and the story is the first half of a tale that continues in The Lady.
Where it sits
- Universe: Gods of the Caravan Road
- Series: Gods of the Caravan Road core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: K. V. Johansen
Notes
- Marakand, volume one. The author describes The Leopard and The Lady as one story in two volumes.
- From the series record (Gods of the Caravan Road): A five-novel epic fantasy about a possessed caravan guard, an undying assassin and the dying gods of the caravan roads.
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 Gods of the Caravan Road: position 2 of 5: previous Blackdog (2011) · next The Lady (2014)
Sources
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