The Nameless Day
core novel 2000 The Crucible
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.73 (1,528 ratings, collected 2026-10-09) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732265717 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In 1376 England is at war with France, and the Black Death has returned. Thomas Neville, a younger son of a noble family who renounced a knight's life after the death of his lover to become a Dominican friar, is chosen by the archangel Michael for a task he cannot refuse: he is to bring down the demons who have walked among men for centuries, living in human form, hiding their natures and preparing for the battle of the Last Days. Sent to France as the papal legate's emissary with only his faith and his zeal, Thomas meets Margaret, the woman who will haunt the trilogy, and his zeal hardens into something fearful as he learns to recognise demons by the fire in their eyes and begins to suspect how deeply they are rooted in Europe's ruling houses. The first book, which Publishers Weekly called the author's best yet.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Crucible
- Series: The Crucible core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sara Douglass
Awards (verified)
- Aurealis Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2000: nominated; Finalist.
Notes
- From the series record (The Crucible): Sara Douglass's historical fantasy of fourteenth-century England and France, an alternate history in which the Hundred Years' War, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt are moves in the war between the angels of Heaven and the demons who walk among men, seen through Thomas Neville, a Dominican friar and nobleman chosen by the archangel Michael.
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 Crucible: position 1 of 3: next The Wounded Hawk (2001)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Publishers Weekly
- Tor Books (publisher description)
- Open Library
- FictionDB (edition record)
- Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel - Wikipedia
- sfadb
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