The Olympian Affair
core novel 2023 The Cinder Spires
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.36 (11,129 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 624 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451466839 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Olympian Affair continues the Cinder Spires series after the events of The Aeronaut's Windlass. Tensions between Spire Albion and the aggressive Spire Aurora have escalated, and word spreads that Aurora has developed a devastating new weapon capable of annihilating an entire spire's population. To avert open war, the Spirearch sends Captain Francis Grimm and his airship crew on a diplomatic mission to a trade summit hosted by the neutral Spire Olympia, hoping to secure alliances that could offset Aurora's advantage. Amid the summit's maneuvering, Auroran agents work to provoke an incident that could force other spires into taking sides, while a powerful Auroran etherealist sets loose a monstrous threat, leaving Grimm's mission balanced between fragile diplomacy and the growing likelihood of catastrophe.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Cinder Spires
- Series: The Cinder Spires core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jim Butcher
Notes
- From the series record (The Cinder Spires): Steampunk series, distinct from Butcher's Codex Alera and The Dresden Files. No further volume announced with a firm date.
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 Cinder Spires: position 2 of 2: previous The Aeronaut's Windlass (2015)
Sources
- Jim Butcher's own site: Cinder Spires
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/315101/the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher/
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