The Shining Court
core novel 1999 Essalieyan
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (1,734 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780886778378 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Jewel of House Terafin follows her visions into the Dominion, the home of the clans who are the Empire's enemies, with only her domicis Avandar to protect her. She leaves behind a House on the verge of a dynastic war, in which she is the unofficial heir. The clans have made an alliance with the demons of the Shining Court, who are far more dangerous than the clans themselves. Demon-made masks threaten the Dominion and the nomadic Voyani prepare to make a stand. Jewel must find out what her visions want of her while the situation in both the Dominion and her own House grows worse.
Where it sits
- Universe: Essalieyan
- Series: The Sun Sword core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michelle West
Notes
- From the series record (The Sun Sword): Six novels about the Dominion of Annagar and the Essalieyan Empire as demons and a usurper move against the last heir of clan Leonne.
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 Sun Sword: position 3 of 6: previous The Uncrowned King (1998) · next Sea of Sorrows (2001)
- Internal chronology, within Essalieyan: position 9 of 18: previous The Wild Road (2025) · next House Name (2011)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Michelle Sagara
- FictionDB listing (DAW mass market, Aug 1999)
- Rising Shadow: The Shining Court
- Margins: Essalieyan series
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