Cover of The Monarch of the Glen

The Monarch of the Glen

expanded novella 2003 American Gods / Anansi Boys

Record

First published2003
Original language EN
Work typenovella
Canon statusexpanded
First-edition ISBN9781472235435

Synopsis

Shadow Moon has been away from America for nearly two years, his nights broken by dangerous dreams; sometimes he almost believes he does not care whether he ever returns home. His wanderings have brought him to the north coast of Scotland, to the Highlands, where the sky is pale white and it feels as remote as any place can be. There the beautiful and the wealthy gather at a grand old house in the glen, and when a strange local doctor offers him work at their party, as a bouncer for the weekend, Shadow is intrigued. He knows there is no good reason for him to be there, so what do they want with him? The first of Neil Gaiman's novellas following Shadow after American Gods, first published in 2003 and reissued as an illustrated edition.

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Notes

  • Direct sequel novella following Shadow Moon, set 2 years after American Gods, in Scotland. First published in the anthology Legends II.

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 American Gods / Anansi Boys (standalone work): position 2 of 4: previous American Gods (2001) · next Anansi Boys (2005)

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