The Stricken Field
core novel 1993 Pandemia
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (1,035 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345378989 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The dwarf sorcerer Zinixo still holds the Impire. Rap, a former stable boy who is now a king and a sorcerer, and the true Imperor Shandie set out to gather the free sorcerers who remain in the world, since only together do they have any chance of destroying him. The odds against them are slim until a young pixie girl joins their cause. The story follows several separate threads as the heroes search for allies in different regions of Pandemia, each of them racing against Zinixo's own plans.
Where it sits
- Universe: Pandemia
- Series: A Handful of Men core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- From the series record (A Handful of Men): Four sequels set in Pandemia in which Rap, Inos and Shandie face the sorcerer Zinixo as the Protocol governing magic breaks down.
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 A Handful of Men: position 3 of 4: previous Upland Outlaws (1993) · next The Living God (1994)
- Internal chronology, within Pandemia: position 6 of 8: previous Perilous Seas (1991) · next Emperor and Clown (1991)
Sources
- Apple Books publisher description, A Handful of Men
- Wikipedia, The Cutting Edge
- Wikipedia, Upland Outlaws
- AbeBooks listing (Del Rey, 1993)
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