When Voiha Wakes
core novel 1983 The Vandarei Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.44 (101 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 160 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553236477 |
Synopsis
The third and final novel in Joy Chant's Vandarei sequence tells of a forbidden romance with consequences reaching far beyond the two lovers at its center, between a woman destined to become queen and the young man who steals her heart through music no one expected him to play. Rahike holds the position of Young Mistress within Naramethe, a matriarchal society in which women govern public life while men are largely confined to leisure and domestic pursuits, a structure she has never had reason to question. Her feelings for Mairilek, a gifted potter who breaks deep social taboo by performing music traditionally forbidden to men, upend that certainty, and his playing proves to carry far more power than either of them anticipated, stirring the influence of ancient, long-dormant gods upon the world around them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vandarei Trilogy
- Series: The Vandarei Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Joy Chant
Notes
- From the series record (The Vandarei Trilogy): Three linked novels set in the secondary world of Vandarei/Kendrath; the first follows three English children pulled into the world, the latter two are set generations earlier and later in the same world with different casts.
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 The Vandarei Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Grey Mane of Morning (1977)
Sources
- Joy Chant bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/joy-chant/when-voiha-wakes.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Voiha_Wakes
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