Three Against the Witch World
core novel 1965 Witch World
Record
| First published | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (1,644 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575039988 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Three Against the Witch World shifts focus to the next generation, following the triplet children of Simon Tregarth and Jaelithe: Kyllan, Kemoc, and Kaththea. When Estcarp's witches decide that Kaththea, who has inherited significant magical power, must be taken from her family to be trained and stripped of personal attachment in the traditional way of the witches, her brothers refuse to accept this fate for her. The three siblings flee Estcarp together, escaping into Escore, a neighboring land steeped in older and wilder magic than anything sanctioned in Estcarp, whose ancient conflicts and forgotten powers have been left largely undisturbed for generations. As they cross into this unfamiliar territory, the trio must rely on their combined and complementary gifts to survive dangers unlike any they faced at home, while grappling with the consequences of defying Estcarp's authority.
Where it sits
- Universe: Witch World
- Series: The Estcarp Cycle core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andre Norton
Notes
- From the series record (The Estcarp Cycle): The original Simon Tregarth / Tregarth-family run (1963-1968): a modern-day ex-soldier crosses through the Siege Perilous into the dying, magic-suffused planet Estcarp, followed by his children's own adventures across its successive volumes.
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 Estcarp Cycle: position 3 of 5: previous Web of the Witch World (1964) · next Warlock of the Witch World (1967)
Sources
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