The Silver Sun
core novel 1980 The Book of the Isle
Record
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (452 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671834968 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Many years after the events of The White Hart, most of Isle is ruled by Sacred Kings whose religion brings suffering and death. Hal and Alan, two young men, become blood brothers in the Forest and are joined by a strange bond. Hal's only weapon is an unearthly wisdom. With Ket the Red, the leader of a band of outlaws, they set out to overthrow a tyrannical king, turn back a tide of evil and restore a king descended from Bevan. Their quest is meant to fulfil a prophecy from the Book of Suns, the same legendary book first mentioned in the opening volume of the series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of the Isle
- Series: The Book of the Isle core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Nancy Springer
Notes
- Based on the author's earlier novel The Book of Suns (Pocket Books, 1977).
- From the series record (The Book of the Isle): Five heroic fantasy novels set on the island of Isle, each following a new hero across the history of the land.
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 Book of the Isle: position 2 of 5: previous The White Hart (1979) · next The Sable Moon (1981)
Sources
- Fantastic Fiction
- Rising Shadow
- Open Road Media (Apple Books listing of the omnibus)
- John Loyd book catalogue (University of Michigan)
- Rambles.net review
- Black Gate
- Open Road Media (Book of Isle omnibus)
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