The Northern Girl
core novel 1980 The Chronicles of Tornor
Record
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (483 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 470 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399124099 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Northern Girl, published by Elizabeth A. Lynn in 1980, concludes the Chronicles of Tornor roughly a century after The Dancers of Arun. Sorren is a southern bondservant gifted with unusually far-reaching witch-powers, who quietly dreams of one day returning to Tornor Keep, though the fortress has fallen into disrepair in the years since the earlier books. Her world is now dominated by the White Clan, an order of ambitious witches who have banned swords from the major cities and established a network of schools to train and control witch-gifted people like her. When Sorren is drawn into a growing conspiracy involving smuggled weapons and a planned assassination targeting her employer, she is forced to abandon her habitual caution and take an active role in protecting the people she cares about.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of Tornor
- Series: The Chronicles of Tornor core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Elizabeth A. Lynn
Notes
- From the series record (The Chronicles of Tornor): A loosely connected trilogy set generations apart in the same world, exploring different societies and, notably for its time, matter-of-fact same-sex relationships among its protagonists.
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 Chronicles of Tornor: position 3 of 3: previous The Dancers of Arun (1979)
Sources
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