The Phoenix Dance
core novel 2005 Windward
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (634 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780374359102 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Phoenix lives with her three colourful aunts and is thrilled to win an apprenticeship making shoes for the royal household in the Kingdom of Windward. Her delight grows into a frantic, sleepless energy, and then collapses into deep despair. The condition is known as the Illness of Two Kingdoms, and the usual treatment is a potion that numbs both the highs and the lows. At the palace the twelve princesses secretly dance their shoes to pieces every night, as in the old tale, and are left sick and unhappy by day. Phoenix, who understands the princesses' trouble from her own, sets out to help them, moving between the Kingdom of Brilliance and the Kingdom of Darkness.
Where it sits
- Universe: Windward
- Series: Windward core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dia Calhoun
Notes
- From the series record (Windward): Two stand-alone young-adult fantasy novels sharing the Kingdom of Windward, one about a dancer-healer and one retelling the twelve dancing princesses.
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 Windward: position 2 of 2: previous Aria of the Sea (2000)
Sources
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