The Narcomancer
short fiction 2007 The Dreamblood Duology
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316491341 |
Synopsis
The Narcomancer is a novelette set generations before N.K. Jemisin's Dreamblood novels, in the same city of Gujaareh but otherwise unconnected to them. An evil master of sleep-magic torments a small village, and Cet, a priest of the Dream-Goddess, must confront both the narcomancer and his own temptations in order to survive.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dreamblood Duology
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: N.K. Jemisin
Notes
- A novelette (mapped to the short-fiction work type per this project's no-'novelette' convention) first published in the magazine Helix (2007), later reprinted in Transcriptase (2008) and collected in How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018). Set generations before The Killing Moon/The Shadowed Sun in Gujaareh's own past, following Cet, a priest of the Dream-Goddess; a self-contained prequel rather than part of the 2-book Core Canon duology's own narrative arc. Registered Expanded Canon on that basis. Surfaced during research on the Dreamblood Duology's own admission and left deferred pending dedicated research -- now done.
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 Dreamblood Duology (standalone work): position 1 of 3: next The Killing Moon (2012)
Sources
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