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The Singing

core novel 2008 The Books of Pellinor

Record

First published2008
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.24 (14,166 ratings, collected 2026-09-05)
First-edition ISBN9781742280318
Internal chronology4

Synopsis

In the concluding novel of the original Pellinor sequence, Maerad works to solve the final riddle of the Treesong, the key to stopping the Nameless One before it can complete its conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, while her brother Hem, fleeing enemy forces elsewhere, endures betrayal and illness on his own path. Separated for much of the story, the siblings race to reunite as the war that has shaped both their lives approaches its climax, each carrying half of the knowledge needed to change its outcome. The novel draws together the threads of slavery, prophecy, and war introduced across the earlier books, following Maerad and Hem as they close in on a confrontation whose result will determine whether peace can be restored to their world.

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Notes

  • From the series record (The Books of Pellinor): Original Australian first editions, published by Penguin Books Australia; US editions from Candlewick Press retitled the first volume 'The Naming' and released each book roughly a year after its original Australian edition.

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 Books of Pellinor: position 4 of 4: previous The Crow (2008)

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