Wicked Bronze Ambition

core novel 2013 Garrett P.I.

Record

First published	2013
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.12 (1,397 ratings, collected 2026-09-12)
Page count	485
First-edition ISBN	9780451465238
Internal chronology	14

Synopsis

Wicked Bronze Ambition, the fourteenth Garrett P.I. novel, finds Garrett engaged to Strafa Algarda and under pressure from her formidable family to look into a dangerous magical tournament taking shape in TunFaire. Word has it that someone is organizing an underground Tournament of Swords, a brutal contest that magically compels the children of sorcerers to fight one another until only one remains, with the winner absorbing magical power from the defeated and potentially becoming something like a demigod. The Algardas, accustomed to getting what they want, expect Garrett to identify and stop whoever is running the tournament before it can claim Strafa's daughter Kevans, even though the organizer seems nearly impossible to trace.

Where it sits

• Universe: Garrett P.I.
• Series: Garrett P.I. core; position 14 of 14 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Glen Cook

Notes

• From the series record (Garrett P.I.): Core Canon = the 14-novel main sequence. Fourteen books were originally published one at a time from 1987 to 2013; omnibus reissues of groups of three exist but add no new content and are not catalogued separately.

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 Garrett P.I.: position 14 of 14: previous Gilded Latten Bones (2010)

Sources

• Wikipedia: Garrett P.I.
• OrderOfBooks.com: Garrett P.I.
• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310226/wicked-bronze-ambition-by-glen-cook/

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