The Verdant Passage
core novel 1991 Dark Sun: The Prism Pentad
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.66 (2,296 ratings, collected 2026-09-15) |
| Page count | 341 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781560761211 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Verdant Passage, published by Troy Denning in 1991, opens the Prism Pentad in the desert world of Athas, centered on the city-state of Tyr under the rule of Kalak, a malevolent sorcerer-king who has held power for centuries and is now pursuing a ritual meant to transform himself into an immortal dragon. A diverse group of adventurers, drawn together by circumstance rather than shared purpose and each nursing their own grievances against Kalak's tyranny, find themselves pushed toward uniting against him despite their conflicting personal goals and deep mutual distrust. As the group is pulled deeper into Tyr's underworld of slavers, templars, and hidden resistance, their fragile, uneasy alliance becomes the city's best and perhaps only chance of surviving Kalak's final, world-altering ambitions.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dark Sun: The Prism Pentad
- Series: The Prism Pentad core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Troy Denning
Notes
- From the series record (The Prism Pentad): A five-book tie-in fantasy sequence (1991-1993) set in the desert world of the Dark Sun tabletop setting, by the same author already credited elsewhere in this catalogue for a different tie-in setting.
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 Prism Pentad: position 1 of 5: next The Crimson Legion (1992)
Sources
- Dark Sun novel line reference (publisher tie-in fiction tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verdant_Passage
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