The Poison Throne
core novel 2008 The Moorehawke Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.73 (2,906 ratings, collected 2026-09-22) |
| Page count | 480 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781847171702 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke returns to court after five years away and finds her kingdom transformed: her father the King's Carpenter is failing, the dying King has grown fearful and unpredictable, and the court is riddled with fresh danger, where opposing him risks assassination, torture, or imprisonment. Wynter must decide whether to stay and submit to the King's will, or leave to help her friend Prince Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron, who are trying to hold the fracturing kingdom together.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Moorehawke Trilogy
- Series: The Moorehawke Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Celine Kiernan
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Association of Ireland Award, 2009: won
- Irish Book Awards (Children's Book of the Year), 2009: nominated
- Australian Inky Awards, 2010: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Moorehawke Trilogy): Wynter Moorehawke, Razi, and Christopher Garron navigate a kingdom sliding toward civil war between a dying king's two sons.
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 Moorehawke Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next The Crowded Shadows (2009)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Celine Kiernan
- The O'Brien Press: The Poison Throne
- The O'Brien Press: The Crowded Shadows
- The O'Brien Press: The Rebel Prince
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