The Witch Roads
core novel 2025 The Witch Roads
Record
| First published | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (2,087 ratings, collected 2026-08-19) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250338617 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
When an arrogant prince and his entourage get stranded in the remote settlement of Orledder Halt amid brutal political intrigue, deputy courier Elen -- once a child slave tasked with shielding noblemen from a deadly poisonous mist called the Pall -- is assigned to guide him through dangerous terrain. When the prince ignores her warning not to enter the haunted Spires, the man who emerges is not the one who went in. Elen, bound by duty and by secrets of her own past, must escort this changed prince onward through a land governed by an empire's rigid roads and checkpoints, even as she starts to suspect that his transformation and the mysteries of the Spires connect to forces far larger than the empire's officials admit.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Witch Roads
- Series: The Witch Roads core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kate Elliott
Notes
- From the series record (The Witch Roads): A complete 2-book epic fantasy duology; a courier who protects villages from a deadly magical blight is drawn into imperial politics after a transformed prince and his entourage are stranded in her territory.
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 Witch Roads: position 1 of 2: next The Nameless Land (2025)
Sources
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