The Rise of a Legend
core novel 2013 Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (1,705 ratings, collected 2026-10-27) |
| Internal chronology | 16 |
Synopsis
A prequel told by Ezylryb himself: the young screech owl Lyze of Kiel grows up in the Northern Kingdoms during a century-long war, befriends the snowy owl Moss and the future rogue smith Thora, trains as a cadet and develops new ways of fighting. The book traces the friendships, losses and wounds that turned him into the mentor Soren will one day meet at the Great Tree.
Where it sits
- Universe: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
- Series: Guardians of Ga'Hoole core; position 16 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kathryn Lasky
Notes
- From the series record (Guardians of Ga'Hoole): Sixteen novels of Soren, Coryn and the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, 2003-2013.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 16 of 16: previous The War of the Ember (2008)
- Internal chronology, within Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 28 of 28: previous The War of the Ember (2008)
Sources
← Guardians of Ga'Hoole dossier · All universes
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