The Limbreth Gate
core novel 1984 The Windsingers
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.78 (895 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 242 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441483587 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Limbreth Gate, published by Robin Hobb under the name Megan Lindholm in 1984, is the third novel of the Windsingers series. A faction of the Windsingers, still resentful over the events of the previous book, tricks Ki into passing through the Limbreth Gate into a strange, dreamlike realm where its inhabitants drift into permanent, peaceful sleep while a being known as the Limbreth slowly consumes what makes them human. Vandien sets out after her, but finds that pulling Ki back is harder than simply reaching her: trapped in the Limbreth's world, she has begun to lose interest in her own survival, unconvinced that the life waiting for her outside is worth returning to. Vandien is forced to seek unlikely allies, including a fellow traveler named Brijar and, again, the Windsinger Rebeke, in his effort to reach Ki before the realm's dreaming claims her for good.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Windsingers
- Series: The Windsingers core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Hobb
Notes
- From the series record (The Windsingers): Also known as the Ki and Vandien Quartet, published under the author's Megan Lindholm pen name; her 4th universe in this canon, alongside Realm of the Elderlings, the Soldier Son Trilogy (both as Robin Hobb), and Wizard of the Pigeons (also as Megan Lindholm). Confirmed genuinely separate from all three: no shared characters, setting, or continuity.
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 Windsingers: position 3 of 4: previous The Windsingers (1984) · next Luck of the Wheels (1989)
Sources
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