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Warlord

core novel 2005 The Hythrun Chronicles

Record

First published2005
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.27 (2,930 ratings, collected 2026-10-07)
First-edition ISBN9780732278922
Internal chronology3

Synopsis

Marla Wolfblade is reeling from the loss of her closest confidant, Elezaar the Fool, and Hythria is recovering from the deadly plague that Alija Eaglespike allowed to spread in one of her schemes to kill Damin Wolfblade. Damin has survived it, and rises to the challenge of war: King Hablet of Fardohnya threatens invasion on the western border, where a little-known law would let a living Wolfblade claim his throne, while at home the High Arrion's final play for power and the madness of Damin's uncle Mahkas open fronts of their own. The third novel of the Wolfblade trilogy brings Marla's long game to its conclusion and Damin to the warlordship he holds in the Demon Child books.

Where it sits

Notes

  • From the series record (Wolfblade): The prequel trilogy (2004-2005): Marla Wolfblade of Hythria, a princess bartered as a bride, learns the Rules of Gaining and Wielding Power from the slave Elezaar and makes herself the power behind the throne, for the sake of her son Damin, the warlord of the Demon Child books.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

  • Publication order, within the series Wolfblade: position 3 of 3: previous Warrior (2005)
  • Internal chronology, within The Hythrun Chronicles: position 8 of 8: previous Harshini (2001)

Sources

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