The Lightning Tree
short fiction 2014 The Kingkiller Chronicle
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781399616218 |
Synopsis
A novella set roughly a month before the start of The Name of the Wind, first published in the anthology Rogues. It follows a single day in the life of Bast, Kvothe's fae apprentice, as he uses charm and magic to meddle in the lives of the townspeople around him.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Kingkiller Chronicle
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Notes
- Rogues anthology; superseded by The Narrow Road Between Desires (2023).
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 Kingkiller Chronicle (standalone work): position 5 of 6: previous The Slow Regard of Silent Things (2014) · next The Narrow Road Between Desires (2023)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingkiller_Chronicle
- https://kingkiller.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lightning_Tree
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