Vox
core novel 2003 The Edge Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (4,754 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 389 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552554275 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Vox continues the Rook Barkwater saga of the Edge Chronicles. With the once-tyrannical Vox Verlix reduced to a powerless captive in his own Palace of Statues, Undertown has fractured into rival factions, including the Guardians of Night, Shrykes and goblins, all fighting to seize control of what he built. When librarian knight Rook Barkwater crash-lands in the lawless wasteland of Screetown, he narrowly escapes marauding goblins only to be drawn into Vox's schemes inside the Palace of Statues, where Vox reveals that a catastrophic dark maelstrom is only days from striking Undertown. Vox offers the librarians a plan to evacuate the city through its sewers and ambush the factions above in exchange for his own survival, setting several competing groups on a collision course as the disaster approaches.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Edge Chronicles
- Series: The Edge Chronicles core; position 6 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Paul Stewart
- Author: Chris Riddell
Notes
- From the series record (The Edge Chronicles): Thirteen novels illustrated throughout by Chris Riddell.
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 Edge Chronicles: position 6 of 13: previous The Last of the Sky Pirates (2002) · next Freeglader (2004)
Sources
← The Edge Chronicles dossier · All universes
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