The Walls of Air
core novel 1983 Darwath
Record
| First published | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (3,438 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345296702 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Walls of Air continues the Darwath trilogy after refugees have gathered within the fortified Keep of Dare, sheltering from the Dark's relentless siege on the world outside. Overcrowding, scarce resources, and internal political tension threaten the Keep's fragile order even as the external threat presses at its walls. To find a lasting answer, the wizard Ingold sets out with Rudy Solis on a perilous journey to locate the long-hidden city of Quo, hoping to find the Archmage Lothiro and the combined power of Darwath's surviving wizards, who may hold the secret to the protective magic known as the Walls of Air. Meanwhile Gil Patterson remains behind at the Keep, taking on responsibility for managing the refugees and maintaining order under mounting strain, as the story alternates between the travelers' dangerous road and the growing crisis within the fortress itself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Darwath
- Series: Darwath core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Barbara Hambly
Notes
- From the series record (Darwath): The original, complete, self-contained Darwath trilogy. Hambly later added 2 further novels (Icefalcon's Quest 1995, Mother of Winter 1996) plus several 2015-2018 novelettes set in the same world -- deliberately not researched or registered, out of scope for now.
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 Darwath: position 2 of 3: previous The Time of the Dark (1982) · next The Armies of Daylight (1983)
- Internal chronology, within Darwath: position 2 of 8: previous The Time of the Dark (1982) · next The Armies of Daylight (1983)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Time of the Dark
- Rating-platform listing: Darwath series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walls_of_Air
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