The Sapphire Portal
core novel 2020 The Three Worlds Cycle
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.46 (80 ratings, collected 2026-10-09) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780645006308 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
The Sapphire Portal is ready, and the Merdrun are bringing their long-hidden women and children through. There is no turning back, but what is the portal truly for? It may be a horrific weapon meant to cleanse Santhenar of all four of its human species so the Merdrun can take the world for their own, and only their arch-sorcerer, the magiz, knows. Karan and her allies embark on their most desperate plan yet, to discover the portal's real purpose and subvert it before it is too late, though it is the most heavily defended site in the world and not even an army could get near: so what can a slave and a ten-year-old girl hope to do? The final volume, presented as resolving the storylines of the whole Three Worlds sequence begun with The View from the Mirror.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Three Worlds Cycle
- Series: The Gates of Good and Evil core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ian Irvine
Notes
- From the series record (The Gates of Good and Evil): The fourth Three Worlds series and the direct sequel to The View from the Mirror: Karan and Llian, and their gifted daughter Sulien, against the Merdrun, warriors from the void called to Santhenar by a waking summon stone. The final volume is presented as concluding the whole Three Worlds sequence.
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 The Gates of Good and Evil: position 4 of 4: previous The Perilous Tower (2020)
- Internal chronology, within The Three Worlds Cycle: position 15 of 15: previous Chimaera (2004)
Sources
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