When True Night Falls
core novel 1993 The Coldfire Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (10,548 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 561 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756403164 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
When True Night Falls continues the Coldfire Trilogy as Damien Vryce, the undead sorcerer Gerald Tarrant, and the rakh warrior Hesseth travel to Erna's Eastern Continent, a region where the Church has learned to suppress the unconscious workings of the Fae, allowing far more advanced technology and infrastructure than in the west, and where women hold the highest positions in its differently organized clergy. There they encounter Jenseny, a young girl with a rare sensitivity to the deep, tidal currents of Fae energy, whose father is murdered and impersonated by agents of a hidden power. Investigating the killing draws the group into evidence of deep corruption spreading through the Eastern Church's hierarchy, orchestrated by a being known as the Immortal Prince through his servant Calesta, forcing Damien and his companions to race across hostile, Fae-warped terrain to understand and confront this expanding threat.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Coldfire Trilogy
- Series: The Coldfire Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C.S. Friedman
Notes
- From the series record (The Coldfire Trilogy): Core = all 3 novels of the trilogy; no companion or expanded material found.
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 Coldfire Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Black Sun Rising (1991) · next Crown of Shadows (1995)
Sources
- C.S. Friedman official site -- The Coldfire Trilogy
- Wikipedia -- Coldfire Trilogy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_True_Night_Falls
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