The White Tribunal
core novel 1997 The World of Vonahr
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.66 (293 ratings, collected 2026-10-28) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553378467 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
In a land modelled on an eighteenth-century German state and scarred by the grim relics of a long-ago war, sorcery has been outlawed, and people consumed by the fear of magic send anyone suspected of it to die before the infamous White Tribunal. Tradain liMarchborg, whose father was destroyed by false accusers, pawns his soul for a temporary power to take revenge. Disguised as a foreigner, with his time measured by the sands of a magical hourglass, he enters the capital, Lis Folaze, the stronghold of the Tribunal's power. A dark tale of vengeance often compared to The Count of Monte Cristo.
Where it sits
- Universe: The World of Vonahr
- Series: The World of Vonahr core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Paula Volsky
Notes
- From the series record (The World of Vonahr): Five standalone novels set in the same world, readable in any order.
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 World of Vonahr: position 4 of 5: previous The Gates of Twilight (1996) · next The Grand Ellipse (2000)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Paula Volsky
- Reader ratings: Paula Volsky series page
- Encyclopedia.com: Volsky, Paula
- Worlds Without End: The White Tribunal
- Skiffy and Fanty: Paula Volsky
- Locus Index to Science Fiction: Paula Volsky
- ISBN-13 form of the recorded ISBN-10 0553378465 (same edition)
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