Traitors' Gate
core novel 2010 Crossroads
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (1,972 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| Page count | 654 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765310576 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Traitors' Gate, published by Kate Elliott in 2010, concludes the Crossroads trilogy. With the corrupted Guardians now an open threat to the Hundred, Anji takes command of the region's assembled forces to confront them directly, a campaign that tests both his military skill and the loyalties of those who have followed him since his and Mai's arrival as refugees. Mai, meanwhile, must reckon with the cost of the compromises her husband has made in pursuit of victory, as the war against the Guardians increasingly blurs the line between necessary strength and outright betrayal. The novel brings together the trilogy's threads, the fate of the reawakened Guardians, the future of Olossi and the wider Hundred, and the marriage at the story's center, as the true nature of the power struggle set in motion in the first book finally comes to a head.
Where it sits
- Universe: Crossroads
- Series: Crossroads core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kate Elliott
Notes
- From the series record (Crossroads): The founding trilogy of the Hundred, following reeve Joss and the exiled couple Mai and Anji as the Hundred's fragile order collapses under a foreign invasion and the return of immortal Guardians.
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 Crossroads: position 3 of 3: previous Shadow Gate (2008)
Sources
← Crossroads dossier · All universes
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