The Prophet of Akhran
core novel 1989 Rose of the Prophet
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (3,585 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553281439 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The concluding volume of the Rose of the Prophet trilogy opens with a war among the gods of Sularin spilling over ever more directly into the mortal world, as Akhran and his fellow desert deities work to check the ambitions of the tyrannical Quar before he can subjugate every tribe under his rule. Khardan, Zohra, and the wizard Mathew, having endured captivity and hardship in the previous volume, must now navigate the shifting loyalties of human factions and gods alike, their earlier reluctant alliance tested by both battlefield stakes and their own tangled feelings for one another. As politics, faith, and open warfare converge across the desert tribes, the fate of Sularin comes to rest on whether Khardan, Zohra, and Mathew can hold together long enough to see Akhran's cause through to its end.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rose of the Prophet
- Series: Rose of the Prophet core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Margaret Weis
- Author: Tracy Hickman
Notes
- From the series record (Rose of the Prophet): A trilogy drawing on Middle Eastern mythology, distinct from Weis and Hickman's Dragonlance/Deathgate work.
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 Rose of the Prophet: position 3 of 3: previous The Paladin of the Night (1989)
Sources
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